Applying the quarter-hour rule: Can people with insomnia accurately estimate 15-min periods during the sleep-onset phase?

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1 PART. 1, 2010, Pages 19-26

  Harrow, Lisa ^a   Espie, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Quarter hour rule; Sleep perception; Stimulus control therapy; Time estimation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PATTERN; TIME PERCEPTION; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 77950667386     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2009.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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