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Reported sleep duration reveals segmentation of the adult life-course into three phases

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  • A. Coutrot

    (LIRIS—CNRS—University of Lyon)

  • A. S. Lazar

    (Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia)

  • M. Richards

    (Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London)

  • E. Manley

    (School of Geography, University of Leeds)

  • J. M. Wiener

    (Bournemouth University)

  • R. C. Dalton

    (School of Architecture, Lancaster University)

  • M. Hornberger

    (Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia)

  • H. J. Spiers

    (Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, University College London)

Abstract

Classically the human life-course is characterized by youth, middle age and old age. A wide range of biological, health and cognitive functions vary across this life-course. Here, using reported sleep duration from 730,187 participants across 63 countries, we find three distinct phases in the adult human life-course: early adulthood (19-33yrs), mid-adulthood (34-53yrs), and late adulthood (54+yrs). They appear stable across culture, gender, education and other demographics. During the third phase, where self-reported sleep duration increases with age, cognitive performance, as measured by spatial navigation, was found to have an inverted u-shape relationship with reported sleep duration: optimal performance peaks at 7 hours reported sleep. World-wide self-reported sleep duration patterns are geographically clustered, and are associated with economy, culture, and latitude.

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  • A. Coutrot & A. S. Lazar & M. Richards & E. Manley & J. M. Wiener & R. C. Dalton & M. Hornberger & H. J. Spiers, 2022. "Reported sleep duration reveals segmentation of the adult life-course into three phases," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-34624-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34624-8
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