Sleep loss-related decrements in planning performance in healthy elderly depend on task difficulty

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-417

  Blatter, Katharina ^a   Opwis, Klaus ^a   Münch, Miriam ^a   Wirz Justice, Anna ^a   Cajochen, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Cognitive performance; Planning; Prefrontal cortex; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 29144441129     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2005.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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