Does Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Affect Children's Pedestrian Safety? | Zendy

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Does Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Affect Children's Pedestrian Safety?

Author(s) -

Kristin T. Avis,

Karen L. Gamble,

David C. Schwebel

Publication year - 2014

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.3398

Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , excessive daytime sleepiness , impulsivity , pedestrian , cognition , psychology , injury prevention , medicine , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , psychiatry , environmental health , sleep disorder , transport engineering , communication , engineering

Many cognitive factors contribute to unintentional pedestrian injury, including reaction time, impulsivity, risk-taking, attention, and decision-making. These same factors are negatively influenced by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), which may place children with EDS at greater risk for pedestrian injury.

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