Chronic sleep curtailment impairs the flexible implementation of task goals in new parents

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 279-287

  Plessow, Franziska ^a   Kiesel, Andrea ^b   Petzold, Antje ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic sleep curtailment; Cognitive control; Executive functions; New parents; Sleep debt; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SLEEP CURTAILMENT; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REVERSAL LEARNING; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 79955086680     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2010.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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