Sleep continuity and total sleep time are associated with task-switching and preparation in young and older adults

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 508-516

  Wilckens, Kristine A ^a   Woo, Sarah G ^b   Erickson, Kirk I ^a,c   Wheeler, Mark E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR THE NEURAL BASIS OF COGNITION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Executive function; Individual differences; Sleep continuity; Task switching; Total sleep time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP TIME; WORKING MEMORY; AGING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908877388     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12148     Document Type: Article

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