Adapting test timing to the sleep-wake schedule: Effects on diurnal neurobehavioral performance changes in young evening and older morning chronotypes

Chronobiology International

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 482-490

  Schmidt, Christina ^a,c   Peigneux, Philippe ^a,b   Cajochen, Christian ^c   Collette, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive interference; Morningness eveningness; Sustained attention; Synchrony effect; Time of day

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; STUDY SKILLS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEST TAKING SKILLS; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860173299     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2012.658984     Document Type: Article

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