Accession Number : ADA126934

Title :   Sleep Deprivation and Performance: The Optimum Use of Limited Sleep Periods.

Descriptive Note : Final rept. Apr 80-Mar 81,

Corporate Author : FLORIDA UNIV GAINESVILLE

Personal Author(s) : Webb, Wilse B.

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Report Date : APR 1983

Pagination or Media Count : 53

Abstract : The performance of three groups of young adult subjects has been measured across a 72 hour period. A computer programmed battery of tests was used which included test established as sensitive to sleep loss (auditory vigilance, addition and subjective scales), and a cognitive battery (memory tasks, anagrams, word detection, visual search, line judgements with various feedbacks, object usage, reasoning, digit symbols). The experimental variable was the placement of four hours of sleep opportunities. The control group had no sleep, one experimental group slept from 10-12 PM prior to 'night' two and three (preparatory sleep) and one slept from 8 to 10 AM after 'nights' two and three (recovery sleep). This report presents preliminary analysis of the date as well as data analysis completed on earlier continuous peformance measures. (Author)

Descriptors :   *PERFORMANCE(HUMAN), *SLEEP DEPRIVATION, *PERCEPTION(PSYCHOLOGY), TIME INTERVALS, OPTIMIZATION, MEMORY(PSYCHOLOGY), REASONING, VIGILANCE, SEARCHING, VISION, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS, JUDGEMENT(PSYCHOLOGY), SCORING, WORD RECOGNITION, AUDITORY PERCEPTION, ADDITION.

Subject Categories : PSYCHOLOGY

Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

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