Clare Anderson

Nov 14, 2024 | nature.com | Clare Anderson |Wessel Woldman |Leandro Junges |Andrew P. Bagshaw |Suzanne Ftouni |Sophie L. Mason | +1 more

People are routinely forced to undertake cognitive challenges under the effect of sleep deprivation, due to professional and social obligations forcing them to ignore their circadian clock. However, low intra-individual and high inter-individual differences in behavioural outcomes are known to occur when people are sleep deprived, leading to the conclusion that trait-like differences to sleep deprivation could explain the differing levels of resilience. Within this study we consider if trait-like resilience to sleep deprivation, measured using psychomotor vigilance tests over a 40 h protocol, could be associated with graph metrics (mean node strength, clustering coefficient, characteristic path length and stability) calculated from EEG functional networks acquired when participants ( $$n=13$$ ) are well rested (baseline). Furthermore, we investigated how stability (the consistency of a participant’s functional network over time measured using 2-D correlation) changed over the constant routine. We showed evidence of strong significant correlations between high mean node strength, low characteristic path length and high stability at baseline with a general resilience to extended sleep deprivation, although the same features lead to vulnerability during the period of natural sleep onset, highlighting non-uniform correlations over time. We also show significant differences in the levels of stability between resilient and vulnerable groups.

Nov 13, 2024 | frombumptobubble.com | Clare Anderson

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Oct 23, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Clare Anderson

This special issue presents findings from a collaborative project funded by the ESRC's Global Challenges Research Fund, which researched prisons in Guyana. The project was a partnership between academics from the universities of Guyana and Leicester and officers in the Guyana Prison Service.

Mar 8, 2024 | science.org | Malcolm J. McConville |Clare Anderson |Andrew J. K. Phillips |Dedreia Tull |Steven W. Lockley |Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam | +4 more

A “blood-based” biomarker of sleep deprivation offers potential for future detection of sleep-related accidents.

Jan 10, 2024 | spearswms.com | Clare Anderson

Despite predictions of a global recession, markets proved surprisingly resilient in 2023. Long-term investment portfolios have performed reasonably well over the past few years, recalling the adage markets 'climb a wall of worry'. But this doesn't mean wealthy families can afford to take their investment management for granted. We have seen huge upheaval in recent years: we have lived through a global pandemic and are in the midst of the most significant geopolitical realignment in decades.