The three-process model of alertness and its extension to performance, sleep latency, and sleep length

Chronobiology International

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-123

  Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^a   Folkard, Simon ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alertness; model; performance; sleep

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER MODEL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; REST; REVIEW; RISK; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK;

EID: 0030997434     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420529709001149     Document Type: Review

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