Join a Research Sleep Study
Researchers at BIDMC want to learn more about how sleep and sleep loss affect emotional processing through a paid research study. Both good sleepers and poor sleepers may qualify to participate.
Join a Research Sleep Study
Researchers at BIDMC want to learn more about how sleep and sleep loss affect emotional processing through a paid research study. Both good sleepers and poor sleepers may qualify to participate.
Conducted in Boston, MA
Compensation Provided
18-40 Years Old
Fast Facts
Right-Handed
Good AND Poor Sleepers
Study Background
Healthy functioning requires the ability to manage our emotions. Growing evidence suggests that sleep plays a crucial role in emotional regulation. Also, chronically disrupted sleep is a common feature (and may be an underlying cause) of several psychiatric disorders that feature impaired emotional regulation, such as depression.
This study will investigate how insomnia and sleep loss impact the brain and its ability to process emotions. The information gleaned from this study will help researchers better understand the degree to which different forms of disrupted sleep account for mood and emotion dysregulation in various psychiatric conditions.
Your participation in this study may help researchers develop future treatments for patients struggling with sleep and psychiatric disorders. Further research and join our paid study today!
This study will investigate how insomnia and sleep loss impact the brain and its ability to process emotions. The information gleaned from this study will help researchers better understand the degree to which different forms of disrupted sleep account for mood and emotion dysregulation in various psychiatric conditions.
Your participation in this study may help researchers develop future treatments for patients struggling with sleep and psychiatric disorders. Further research and join our paid study today!
Study Background Healthy functioning requires the ability to manage our emotions. Growing evidence suggests that sleep plays a crucial role in emotional regulation. Also, chronically disrupted sleep is a common feature (and may be an underlying cause) of several psychiatric disorders that feature impaired emotional regulation, such as depression. This study will investigate how insomnia and sleep loss impact the brain and its ability to process emotions. The information gleaned from this study will help researchers better understand the degree to which different forms of disrupted sleep account for mood and emotion dysregulation in various psychiatric conditions. Your participation in this study may help researchers develop future treatments for patients struggling with sleep and psychiatric disorders. Further research and join our paid study today! |
Additional Information
The goal of this study is to investigate the impact disrupted sleep has on emotional regulation.
You may qualify for this study if you meet the following criteria.
Inclusion Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18-40 years old
- Eligible for an MRI
- Right-handed
- Not taking medication for cognitive impairment
- Willing to complete up to 4 day/night in-patient stay
- If taking medications for sleep issues, willing to refrain from taking them for two weeks before the start of the study
- No current psychiatric disorders
- No current substance use disorders
Study participants will be asked to track their sleep for 1 week prior to participating in the study using an electronic sleep log and/or wrist-worn activity monitor. They will then participate in a sleep or sleep restriction study at the Center for Sleep and Cognition at BIDMC. This study could involve being admitted to the Clinical Research Center at BIDMC for up to 4 consecutive days/nights. Participants will complete measures of emotional processing throughout this study time. Additionally, participants will be required to participate in an fMRI scan in the BIDMC Radiology Department.
You will be compensated up to $1000 for your participation.
There is no cost for you to participate in the study.