Delaying school starting time by one hour: Some effects on attention levels in adolescents

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-143

  Lufi, Dubi ^a   Tzischinsky, Orna ^a,b   Hadar, Stav ^a  

^a Emek Yezreel College   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Attention; Delayed school; Short night sleep

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; D2 TEST OF ATTENTION; DELAYING SCHOOL STARTING TIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MATHEMATICS CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; MIDDLE SCHOOL; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL; SLEEP TIME; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79957984649     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.28100     Document Type: Article

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