Bright light as a sleepiness prophylactic: A laboratory study of subjective ratings and EEG

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 97, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 811-819

  Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^a   Landström, Ulf ^b   Byström, Marianne ^b   Nordström, Bertil ^b   Wibom, Roger ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMNOLENCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LIGHT; MALE;

EID: 4143065815     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.97.3.811     Document Type: Article

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