Speed of mental processing in the middle of the night

Sleep

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 399-401

  Monk, Timothy H ^a,b   Carrier, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b WPIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Human; Performance; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; REACTION TIME; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030924157     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/20.6.399     Document Type: Article

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