Sleepiness enhances distraction during a monotonous task

Sleep

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 573-576

  Anderson, Clare ^a   Horne, James A ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distraction; Performance; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR VIGILANCE TASK; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEVISION;

EID: 33745771106     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/29.4.573     Document Type: Article

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