Sleeploss, ranging from the individual level of missing a night's sleep to a societal level of losing an hour's sleep because of Daylight Saving Time, is associated with reduced altruism, new research suggests.
With previous research showing that brain changes such as lesions can affect the social cognition network in the brain and, consequently, even levels of empathy and compassion, the current investigators sought to examine how another known detrimental factor might affect that region — specifically in terms of altruistic decision-making.
Results showed significant decreases in the altruistic responses after the night of sleep deprivation among as many as 78% of participants compared with their responses after a full night's sleep . "That is, sleep loss triggers a phenotype of asocial behavior with a broad and indiscriminate impact," she added.In further analysis, functional MRI evaluation of the 23 participants showed the night of sleep impairment was associated with a significant reduction in task-evoked activity within the social cognition network, known to be involved in prosocial behaviors .
"These neural data highlight a central neural pathway underlying the profile of asocial behavior caused by sleep loss," Ben Simon said. The analysis included more than 3 million charitable donations that were made between 2001 and 2016. To avoid the influence of seasonal changes on donation patterns, average donations were compared between the Daylight Saving transition and those in the month before and after the time change.
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