Working throughout the night: Beyond 'sleepiness' - impairments to critical decision making

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2226-2231

  Horne, Jim ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Executive function; Prefrontal cortex; Shift work; Sleep loss

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NIGHT WORK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84867592124     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.08.005     Document Type: Review

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