Meditation acutely improves psychomotor vigilance, and may decrease sleep need

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kaul, Prashant ^a,b   Passafiume, Jason ^a   Sargent, Craig R ^a   O'Hara, Bruce F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MALE; MEDITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR VIGILANCE TASK; REACTION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TIME;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954978418     PISSN: 17449081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-6-47     Document Type: Article

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