Sleep restriction for the duration of a work week impairs multitasking performance: Sleep restriction and multitasking

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 444-454

  Haavisto, Marja Leena ^a,b   Porkka Heiskanen, Tarja ^c   Hublin, Christer ^a   HÄrmÄ, Mikko ^a   Mutanen, Pertti ^a   MÜller, Kiti ^a   Virkkala, Jussi ^a,d   Sallinen, Mikael ^a,e  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

cumulative sleep restriction; multitask performance; recovery; sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTITASKING PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955146358     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2010.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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