"High sleepability without sleepiness". The ability to fall asleep rapidly without other signs of sleepiness

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-20

  Harrison, Y ^a   Horne, J A ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sleep; Sleepability; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0029954473     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0987-7053(96)81530-9     Document Type: Article

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