SLEEP LOSS AND ITS EFFECTS ON PERFORMANCE

Abstract

The effects of sleep loss on human task performance are discussed under total, partial, and selective deprivations of sleep. Some of the frequently used psychological tasks in studies of total sleep loss are described in sufficient detail so that experimenters could choose, on the basis of materials presented in this monograph, adequate tasks to fit their experimental objectives. Factors which play critical roles in determining the degree of task sensitivity to total sleep loss are listed. Effects of shortened hours of sleep on human task performance are discussed. Effects of selected sleep deprivation on performance are also commented upon. The commentary is followed by a bibliography on sleep deprivation with author and subject indices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0699505

Entities

People

  • Paul Naitoh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Brain
  • Health Services
  • Heart Rate
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Motor Skills
  • Neurology
  • Periodic Variations
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Reaction Time
  • Task Performance And Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Systems Analysis and Design