Sleepability and Wakeability Following Sleep Deprivation

Abstract

This research note discusses experiments investigating the infrastructure of arousal during the habitual waking day following one night of total sleep deprivation. Based on the data collected during the experiment, it can be concluded that wakeability, the ability to remain awake, and sleepability, the ability to fall asleep, following sleep deprivation, are not complimentary processes, but are probably governed by different mechanisms. The practical implications of these results to the scheduling of replacement naps are discussed. Keywords: Ultradian Rythms, Circadian Rythms, Reaction Time Task.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA169578

Entities

People

  • Peretz Lavie

Organizations

  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Arousal (Physiology)
  • Biological Rhythms
  • Computers
  • Deprivation
  • Diurnal Variations
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Motivation
  • Motor Skills
  • New York
  • Periodic Variations
  • Psychophysiology
  • Reaction Time
  • Sleep Deprivation
  • Social Sciences
  • Standards

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Systems Analysis and Design