Topic: Overgeneralization

Overgeneralization and sleep quality disruption are major components of anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study attempts to elucidate potential links between these elements. We designed a paradigm wherein participants learned associations between three faces and positive, negative, or neutral outcomes. Subsequently, we evaluated their generalization of these faces by examining responses to morphed faces resembling the initially associated faces before and after consolidation during daytime wakefulness or full-night sleep. Our findings reveal that post-sleep, participants