Use of Stimulants to Ameliorate the Effects of Sleep Loss during Sustained Performance

Abstract

A variety of experimental approaches is presently under investigation to study the impact of stimulant drugs on anticipated decrements of performance due to sleep loss and sustained operations. The drugs have been used either in a preventive(maintenance) paradigm designed to maintain behavior over long periods of time or in a recovery paradigm designed to offset the effects of sleep deprivation and/or sustained performance. Several such studies are reviewed and their results evaluated. Questions concerning theoretical and practical applications are raised, and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA259712

Entities

People

  • Gerald P. Krueger
  • Harvey Babkoff

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Biomedical Research
  • Central Nervous System
  • Drug Abuse
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Psychology
  • Military Research
  • Motor Skills
  • Pharmacology
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Reaction Time
  • Sleep Deprivation

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

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