Do sleep deprivation and alcohol have the same effects on psychomotor performance?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 569-572

  Yegneswaran, Balaji ^a   Shapiro, Colin ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DRIVING ABILITY; DROWSINESS; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 36549065670     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.06.020     Document Type: Editorial

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