The Prefrontal Model Revisited: Double Dissociations Between Young Sleep Deprived and Elderly Subjects on Cognitive Components of Performance | Zendy

Adrienne M. Tucker | Zendy; Yaakov Stern | Zendy; Robert C. Basner | Zendy; Brian C. Rakitin | Zendy

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The Prefrontal Model Revisited: Double Dissociations Between Young Sleep Deprived and Elderly Subjects on Cognitive Components of Performance

Author(s) -

Adrienne M. Tucker,

Yaakov Stern,

Robert C. Basner,

Brian C. Rakitin

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

sleep

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222

H-Index - 207

eISSN - 1550-9109

pISSN - 0161-8105

DOI - 10.5665/sleep.1158

Subject(s) - cognition , prefrontal cortex , psychology , sleep (system call) , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , sleep deprivation , audiology , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , computer science , operating system

The prefrontal model suggests that total sleep deprivation (TSD) and healthy aging produce parallel cognitive deficits. Here we decompose global performance on two common tasks into component measures of specific cognitive processes to pinpoint the source of impairments in elderly and young TSD participants relative to young controls and to each other.

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