Effects of playing a computer game using a bright display on presleep physiological variables, sleep latency, slow wave sleep and REM sleep

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-273

  Higuchi, Shigekazu ^a   Motohashi, Yutaka ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Maeda, Akira ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Electroencephalogram; Heart rate; Mental task; Rectal temperature; Video display terminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER TERMINAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NIGHT SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; RECTUM; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 24744439685     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2005.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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