Frequent lapses of responsiveness during an extended visuomotor tracking task in non-sleep-deprived subjects

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-300

  Peiris, Malik T R ^a,b   Jones, Richard D ^a,b,c,d   Davidson, Paul R ^a,c   Carroll, Grant J ^a,c   Bones, Philip J ^a,b  

^a Van der Veer Institute New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behavioural microsleep; Drowsiness; EEG power spectra; Lapse; Visuomotor tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747031473     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2006.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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