Comparison of sustained attention assessed by auditory and visual psychomotor vigilance tasks prior to and during sleep deprivation

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 348-355

  Jung, Christopher M ^a   Ronda, Joseph M ^b   Czeisler, Charles A ^b   Wright Jr, Kenneth P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Errors of omission; Fastest reaction times; Neurobehavioral performance; Slowest reaction times; State instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR VIGILANCE TASK; RESPONSE TIME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955080518     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2010.00877.x     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Anderson, C. and Horne, J. A. Sleepiness enhances distraction during a monotonous task. Sleep, 2006, 29: 573-576.
2. Anderson, C., Wales, A. W. and Horne, J. A. PVT lapses differ according to eyes open, closed, or looking away. Sleep, 2010, 33: 197-204.
3. Arnedt, J. T., Owens, J., Crouch, M., Stahl, J. and Carskadon, M. A. Neurobehavioral performance of residents after heavy night call vs after alcohol ingestion. JAMA, 2005, 294: 1025-1033.
4. Badia, P., Harsh, J., Balkin, T. et al. Behavioral control of respiration in sleep. Psychophysiol., 1984, 21: 494-500.
5. Belenky, G., Wesensten, N. J., Thorne, D. R. et al. Patterns of performance degradation and restoration during sleep restriction and subsequent recovery: a sleep dose-response study. J. Sleep Res., 2003, 12: 1-12.
6. Bills, A. G. Blocking a new principle of mental fatigue. Am. J. Psychol., 1931, 43: 230-245.
7. Chee, M. W., Tan, J. C., Zheng, H. et al. Lapsing during sleep deprivation is associated with distributed changes in brain activation. J. Neurosci., 2008, 28: 5519-5528.
8. Czeisler, C. A., Walsh, J. K., Roth, T. et al. Modafinil for excessive sleepiness associated with shift-work sleep disorder. N. Engl. J. Med., 2005, 353: 476-486.
9. Dinges, D. F. and Kribbs, N. B. Performing while sleepy: effects of experimentally-induced sleepiness. In: T. H. Monk (Ed.) Sleep, Sleepiness and Performance. John Wiley, Chichester, UK, 1991: 97-128.
10. Dinges, D. F. and Powell, J. W. Sleepiness impairs optimum response capability - it's time to move beyond the lapse hypothesis. Sleep Res., 1980, 9: 366.
11. Dinges, D. F., Pack, F., Williams, K. et al. Cumulative sleepiness, mood disturbance, and psychomotor vigilance performance decrements during a week of sleep restricted to 4-5hours per night. Sleep, 1997, 20: 267-277.
12. Dollins, A. B., Zhdanova, I. V., Wurtman, R. J., Lynch, H. J. and Deng, M. H. Effect of inducing nocturnal serum melatonin concentrations in daytime on sleep, mood, body temperature, and performance. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 1994, 91: 1824-1828.
13. Drummond, S. P., Bischoff-Grethe, A., Dinges, D. F., Ayalon, L., Mednick, S. C. and Meloy, M. J. The neural basis of the psychomotor vigilance task. Sleep, 2005, 28: 1059-1068.
14. Frey, D. J., Badia, P. and Wright, K. P., Jr Inter- and intra-individual variability in performance near the circadian nadir during sleep deprivation. J. Sleep Res., 2004, 13: 305-315.
15. Glenville, M., Broughton, R., Wing, A. M. and Wilkinson, R. T. Effects of sleep deprivation on short duration performance measures compared to the Wilkinson auditory vigilance task. Sleep, 1978, 1: 169-176.
16. Graw, P., Werth, E., Krauchi, K., Gutzwiller, F., Cajochen, C. and Wirz-Justice, A. Early morning melatonin administration impairs psychomotor vigilance. Behav. Brain Res., 2001, 121: 167-172.
17. Hudspeth, A. J. Hearing. In: E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz and T. M. Jessell (Eds) Principles of Neural Science, 4th edn. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2000: 590-613.
18. Jewett, M. E., Dijk, D.-J., Kronauer, R. E. and Dinges, D. F. Dose-response relationship between sleep duration and human psychomotor vigilance and subjective alertness. Sleep, 1999, 22: 171-179.
19. Lisper, H. O. and Kjellberg, A. Effects of 24-hour sleep deprivation on rate of decrement in a 10-minute auditory reaction time task. J. Exp. Psychol., 1972, 96: 287-290.
20. Loomis, A. L., Harvey, E. N. and Hobart, G. Distribution of disturbance-patterns in the human electroencephalogram with special reference to sleep. J. Neurophysiol., 1938, 1: 413-430.
21. Naito, E., Kinomura, S., Geyer, S., Kawashima, R., Roland, P. E. and Zilles, K. Fast reaction to different sensory modalities activates common fields in the motor areas, but the anterior cingulate cortex is involved in the speed of reaction. J. Neurophysiol., 2000, 83: 1701-1709.
22. Phipps-Nelson, J., Redman, J. R., Dijk, D. J. and Rajaratnam, S. M. Daytime exposure to bright light, as compared to dim light, decreases sleepiness and improves psychomotor vigilance performance. Sleep, 2003, 26: 695-700.
23. Schweitzer, P. K., Muehlbach, M. J. and Walsh, J. K. Countermeasures for night work performance deficits - the effect of napping or caffeine on continuous performance at night. Work Stress, 1992, 6: 355-365.
24. Sforza, E., Haba-Rubio, J., De Bilbao, F., Rochat, T. and Ibanez, V. Performance vigilance task and sleepiness in patients with sleep-disordered breathing. Eur. Respir. J., 2004, 24: 279-285.
25. Weinger, M. B. and Smith, N. T. Vigilance, Alarms, and Integrated Monitoring Systems, 1997. Available at: (accessed 03 May 2010).
26. Wesensten, N. J., Balkin, T. J., Reichardt, R. M., Kautz, M. A., Saviolakis, G. A. and Belenky, G. Daytime sleep and performance following a zolpidem and melatonin cocktail. Sleep, 2005a, 28: 93-103.
27. Wesensten, N. J., Killgore, W. D. S. and Balkin, T. J. Performance and alertness effects of caffeine, dextro amphetamine, and modafinil during sleep deprivation. J. Sleep Res., 2005b, 14: 255-266.
28. Wilkinson, R. T. and Houghton, D. Field test of arousal: a portable reaction timer with data storage. Hum. Factors, 1982, 24: 487-493.
29. Williams, H. L., Lubin, A. and Goodnow, J. J. Impaired performance with acute sleep loss. Psychol. Monogr., 1959, 73: 1-26.
30. Williams, H. L., Kearney, O. F. and Lubin, A. Signal uncertainty and sleep loss. J. Exp. Psychol., 1965, 69: 401-407.
31. Wright, K. P., Jr and Czeisler, C. A. Absence of circadian phase resetting in response to bright light behind the knees. Science, 2002, 297: 571.
32. Wright, K. P., Jr, Badia, P., Myers, B. L. and Plenzler, S. C. Combination of bright light and caffeine as a countermeasure for impaired alertness and performance during extended sleep deprivation. J. Sleep Res., 1997, 6: 26-35.
33. Wright, K. P., Jr, Hull, J. T. and Czeisler, C. A. Relationship between alertness, performance, and body temperature in humans. Am. J. Physiol., 2002, 283: R1370-R1377.
34. Wright, K. P., Jr, Hull, J. T., Hughes, R. J., Ronda, J. M. and Czeisler, C. A. Sleep and wakefulness out of phase with internal biological time impairs learning in humans. J. Cogn. Neurosci., 2006, 18: 508-521.
35. Wurtz, R. H. and Kandel, E. R. Central visual pathways. In: E. R. Kandel, J. H. Schwartz and T. M. Jessell (Eds) Principles of Neural Science, 4th edn. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2000: 523-547.
36. Wyatt, J. K., Cajochen, C., Ritz-De Cecco, A., Czeisler, C. A. and Dijk, D. J. Low-dose repeated caffeine administration for circadian-phase-dependent performance degradation during extended wakefulness. Sleep, 2004, 27: 374-381.
37. Yerkes, R. M. Variability of reaction-time. Psychol. Bull., 1904, 1: 137-146.