Associations between Sleep and Attentional Control on the Anti-Saccade Task in 'Cognitively Vulnerable' Adults

This thesis demonstrated that components of subjective and objective sleep may be associated with attentional control in ‘cognitively vulnerable’ populations: adults with Multiple Sclerosis and older adults with Subjective Cognitive Decline. This is the first step in understanding the role that sleep may play in attentional control in populations considered ‘at-risk’ of cognitive impairment. If the association between sleep and attentional control in cognitively vulnerable populations is replicated in larger in-depth studies, it may be that targeted sleep interventions, such as slow wave activity enhancement, may be of benefit to these cognitively vulnerable groups.