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The Effect of Sleep Loss on Retrospective Metacognitive Judgements Across Five Cognitive Tests
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Psychobiology and epidemiology. Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7590-0826
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Education.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3845-5468
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Number of Authors: 52026 (English)In: Journal of Sleep Research, ISSN 0962-1105, E-ISSN 1365-2869, Vol. 35, no 2, article id e70141Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Sleep loss impairs many cognitive functions, ranging from simple attention to working memory. This study explores the extent to which people are aware of such impairments, their metacognitive accuracy, across different cognitive tests. Healthy participants (N = 182) were randomised to one night of total sleep deprivation or three nights of sufficient sleep. The next day they performed several cognitive tests, measuring simple attention, cognitive throughput, working memory, episodic memory and executive processing (using a Stroop task). After each test, participants rated how well they thought they performed. We operationalised metacognitive accuracy as the ability to correctly identify whether one performed above or below the median. We then used Bayesian methods to estimate the difference in this ability between the well-rested and sleep-deprived groups. The probability was 55% in the sleep-deprived group, and 59% in the rested group, suggesting some decrease in performance awareness during sleep loss. However, the probability that this difference in judgements is practically significant (i.e., exceeding 10 percentage points) is below 1%. Cognitive ability generally declines during sleep deprivation, and this was at least somewhat reflected in a decrease in how people rated their performance. The question remains whether and how people compensate for any sleep-loss induced cognitive impairments.

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2026. Vol. 35, no 2, article id e70141
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cognitive performance, metacognition, metacognitive accuracy, sleep deprivation, sleepiness
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Psychology (Excluding Applied Psychology)
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-247076DOI: 10.1111/jsr.70141ISI: 001549777400001PubMedID: 40810275Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105013316371OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-247076DiVA, id: diva2:2001009
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Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2013-1539Swedish Research Council, HS-2013-18Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, P13-1159Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, P22-0573Available from: 2025-09-25 Created: 2025-09-25 Last updated: 2026-04-16Bibliographically approved

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