Failure to find executive function deficits following one night's total sleep deprivation in university students under naturalistic conditions

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 136-163

  Pace Schott, Edward F ^a   Hutcherson, Cendri A ^b   Bemporad, Brenda ^c   Morgan, Alexandra ^a   Kumar, Arjun ^d   Hobson, J Allan ^a   Stickgold, Robert ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STUDENT; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 70149122231     PISSN: 15402002     EISSN: 15402010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15402000902976671     Document Type: Article

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