Assessing vigilance through a brief pencil and paper letter cancellation task (LCT): Effects of one night of sleep deprivation and of the time of day

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 613-630

  Casagrande, Maria ^a   Violani, Cristiano ^a   Curcio, Giuseppe ^a   Bertini, Mario ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS;

LETTER CANCELLATION TASK (LCT); SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

SLEEP RESEARCH;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031172607     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397187919     Document Type: Article

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