Mind wandering, sleep quality, affect and chronotype: An exploratory study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Carciofo, Richard ^a,b   Du, Feng ^a   Song, Nan ^c   Zhang, Kan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING FOREIGN STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REDUCED MORNINGNESS EVENINGNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SOMNOLENCE; WANDERING BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FANTASY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897469651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091285     Document Type: Article

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