Naps with rapid eye movement sleep increase receptiveness to positive emotion
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 02:42
in Psychology & Sociology
WESTCHESTER, Ill. ?Naps with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep refresh the brain's empathetic sensitivity for evaluating human emotions by decreasing a negative bias and amplifying recognition of positive emotions, according to a research abstract that will be presented on Wednesday, June 10, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.