Scheduled napping as a countermeasure to sleepiness in air traffic controllers

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-19

  Signal, Tracey Leigh ^a   Gander, Philippa H ^a   Anderson, Howard ^b   Brash, Sue ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b New Zealand Army   (New Zealand)

^c Swiss Air Navigation Services Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air traffic control; Naps; Neurophysiological alertness; Night shift; Psychomotor performance; Within subjects field study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AVIATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 61349105475     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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