The tick-tock of language: Is language processing sensitive to circadian rhythmicity and elevated sleep pressure?

Chronobiology International

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 974-991

  Rosenberg, Jessica ^a   Pusch, Kathrin ^a   Dietrich, Rainer ^a   Cajochen, Christian ^b,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Constant routine; Gender congruency effect; Language; Syntactic processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MELATONIN; OSCILLOMETRY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

IXODIDA;

EID: 68649085945     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520903044471     Document Type: Article

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