SLEEP DEPRIVATION EFFECTS ON ACCURACY AND SPEED OF RESPONSE SELECTION AND EXECUTION

Several subjects performed a subject-paced step-tracking task after zero, one and two nights without sleep. Their performance compared to performance when following a similar regime with normal sleep showed no change in accuracy but a progressive reduction in speed. Movement times increased with sleep loss and reaction times increased to an amount dependent on signal probability.

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• Authors:
  • Buck, L
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Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Human factors engineering; Personnel performance
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050487
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Research Council of Canada
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech. Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 4 1974 12:00AM