Sleep and academic success: Mechanisms, empirical evidence, and interventional strategies

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 522-541

  Gruber, Reut ^a   Wiebe, Sabrina T ^a,b   Wells, Samantha Ashley ^a   Cassoff, Jamie ^a,b   Monson, Eva ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; LIFESTYLE; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; LIFE STYLE; MEMORY; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952272248     PISSN: 19344287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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