Effects of Sleep Inertia After Daytime Naps Vary With Executive Load and Time of Day

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 252-260

  Groeger, John A ^a   Lo, June C Y ^b   Burns, Christopher G ^a   Dijk, Derk Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daytime naps; Executive function; Sleep inertia; Sleep restriction; Sleep structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954526942     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022692     Document Type: Article

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