'Post-lunch' sleepiness during prolonged, monotonous driving - Effects of meal size

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1088-1091

  Reyner, L A ^a   Wells, S J ^a   Mortlock, V ^a   Horne, J A ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afternoon driving; EEG; Lunch size; Monotony; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIE; CAR DRIVING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNCH SIZE; MALE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SOMNOLENCE; TIME;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRAIN WAVES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 84855296468     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.11.025     Document Type: Article

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