The pupillary light reflex cannot be used to measure sleepiness

Psychophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-22

  Ranzijn, Rob ^a   Lack, Leon ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constant routine procedure; Measures of sleepiness; Multiple Sleep Latency Test; Pupillary light reflex; Stanford Sleepiness Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; REFLEX; SLEEP;

EID: 0031037608     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1997.tb02411.x     Document Type: Article

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