Sleep loss, learning capacity and academic performance

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 323-337

  Curcio, Giuseppe ^a   Ferrara, Michele ^a,b   De Gennaro, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Adolescents; Learning; Memory; Neurocognitive functioning; Prefrontal cortex; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 33748121239     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2005.11.001     Document Type: Review

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