Temporal profile of prolonged, night-time driving performance: Breaks from driving temporarily reduce time-on-task fatigue but not sleepiness

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 404-415

  Phipps Nelson, J O ^a   Redman, Jennifer R ^a   Rajaratnam, Shantha M W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Fatigue; Prolonged driving; Sleep deprivation; Sleepiness; Time on task

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CAR; DELTA RHYTHM; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT TIME DRIVING PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REST; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960742707     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2010.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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