Napping Strategies to Counteract Sleep Deprivation

Abstract

There is an abundance of evidence indicating that a nap taken during long periods of otherwise continuous wakefulness is extremely beneficial for improving alertness and performance. However scheduling naps is not a simple matter. Several factors are important to consider before implementing a napping regime into a continuous operations scenario.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010470

Entities

People

  • Jo Lynn Caldwell

Organizations

  • United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Body Temperature
  • Computers
  • Deprivation
  • Electroencephalography
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Intervention
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neurology
  • Psychology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Radio Frequency
  • Reaction Time
  • Recovery
  • Resource Management
  • Situational Awareness
  • Sleep Deprivation
  • Wakefulness

Readers

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