Experienced Demand Does Not Affect Subsequent Sleep and the Cortisol Awakening Response.
Greg J ElderMark A WetherellThomas V PolletNicola L BarclayJason Gordon EllisPublished in: Nature and science of sleep (2020)
These results indicate that sleep and the CAR are not differentially affected depending on whether or not an anticipated stressor is then experienced. This provides further evidence to indicate that the CAR is a marker of anticipation and not recovery. In order to disrupt sleep, a stressor may need to be personally relevant or of a prolonged duration or intensity.