Investigation of the effectiveness of a split sleep schedule in sustaining sleep and maintaining performance

Chronobiology International

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1218-1230

  Jackson, Melinda L ^a   Banks, Siobhan ^b   Belenky, Gregory ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue risk management; Scheduling; Shift work; Sleepiness; Split sleep; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911884158     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2014.957305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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