Laterality of the sleep onset process: Which hemisphere goes to sleep first?

Biological Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-80

  Casagrande, Maria ^a   Bertini, Mario ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Awakening; Cerebral hemispheres; EEG theta rhythm; Finger tapping task; Sleep; Sleep onset; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REM SLEEP; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 37349013264     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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