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Sleep and Academic Performance in U.S. Military Training and Education Programs
Author(s) -
Miller Nita Lewis,
Shattuck Lawrence G.,
Matsangas Panagiotis,
Dyche Jeff
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
mind, brain, and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.624
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1751-228X
pISSN - 1751-2271
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-228x.2008.00026.x
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , navy , psychology , sleep deprivation , gerontology , training (meteorology) , population , medical education , medicine , political science , psychiatry , cognition , geography , computer science , environmental health , meteorology , operating system , law
— This review examines the effects of military training regimes, which might include some degree of sleep deprivation, on sleep–wake schedules. We report a 4‐year longitudinal study of sleep patterns of cadets at the United States Military Academy and the consequences of an extension of sleep from 6 to 8 hr per night at the United States Navy’s Recruit Training Command. These studies provide an opportunity to observe sleep in a college‐age population and also to record sleep patterns over an entire 4‐year college experience, adding to our understanding of the changes in sleep patterns over the life span.