Can small shifts in circadian phase affect performance?

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-111

  Burgess, Helen J ^a   Legasto, Carlo S ^a   Fogg, Louis F ^a   Smith, Mark R ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Melatonin; Performance

Indexed keywords

HORMONES; WAKES;

CIRCADIAN; DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME; DIM LIGHT; MELATONIN; PERFORMANCE; PHASE ANGLES; PSYCHOMOTOR VIGILANCE TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS;

SLEEP RESEARCH;

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84866163349     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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