Alcohol and Sleep Restriction Combined Reduces Vigilant Attention, Whereas Sleep Restriction Alone Enhances Distractibility
Author(s) -
James C. Lee,
Jessica E. Manousakis,
Joanne Fielding,
Clare Anderson
Publication year - 2015
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.4672
Subject(s) - sleep restriction , audiology , vigilance (psychology) , psychomotor vigilance task , psychomotor learning , psychology , alcohol intoxication , turnover , sleep deprivation , medicine , poison control , cognition , psychiatry , injury prevention , cognitive psychology , medical emergency , management , economics
Alcohol and sleep loss are leading causes of motor vehicle crashes, whereby attention failure is a core causal factor. Despite a plethora of data describing the effect of alcohol and sleep loss on vigilant attention, little is known about their effect on voluntary and involuntary visual attention processes.
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