Delta Activity at Sleep Onset and Cognitive Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Conclusions:DASO was relatively common in our sample of community-dwelling, older adults without dementia. DASO was not associated with poorer performance on any cognitive domain. Instead, individuals with DASO demonstrated better performance on a simple reading task. Although these findings suggest that an abnormal EEG activity may represent normal variation, our work underscores the importance of distinguishing DASO from FIRDA when examining sleep in older adults.Commentary:A commentary on this article appears in this issue on page 725.Citation:Kawai M, Beaudreau SA, Gould CE, Hantke NC, Jordan JT, O'Hara R. Delta activity at sleep onset and cognitive performance in community-dwelling older adults. SLEEP 2016;39(4):907–914.
Source: Sleep - Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research