Morning sleep inertia in alertness and performance: effect of cognitive domain and white light conditions.

The transition from sleep to wakefulness entails a temporary period of reduced alertness and impaired performance known as sleep inertia. The extent to which its severity varies with task and cognitive processes remains unclear. We examined sleep inertia in alertness, attention, working memory and c...

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Main Authors: Nayantara Santhi, John A Groeger, Simon N Archer, Marina Gimenez, Luc J M Schlangen, Derk-Jan Dijk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3832615?pdf=render