Sleepiness and performance of professional drivers in a truck simulator - Comparisons between day and night driving

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-15

  Gillberg, M ^a,b   Kecklund, G ^a   Akerstedt T ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

driving performance; electrophysiological sleepiness; nap; night work; subjective sleepiness; truck simulator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0029887960     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.1996.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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