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Sleep deprivation influences some but not all processes of supervisory attentionDoes one night of sleep deprivation alter processes of supervisory attention in general or only a specific subset of such processes? Twenty college-aged volunteers, half female, performed a choice reaction time task. A cue indicated that compatible (e.g., right button, right-pointing arrow) or incompatible (e.g., left button, right-pointing arrow) responses were to be given to a stimulus that followed 50 or 500 ms later. The paradigm assessed response inhibition, task-shifting skill, and task strategy-processes inherent in supervisory attention. Performance, along with heart rate, was assessed for 12 hr following normal sleep or a night of complete sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation altered neither preparation for task shifting nor response inhibition. The ability to use preparatory bias to speed performance did decrease with sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation appears to selectively affect this supervisory attention process, which is perceived as an active effort to cope with a challenging task.
Document ID
20040087557
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Jennings, J. R.
(University of Pittsburgh and University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Monk, T. H.
van der Molen, M. W.
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 2003
Publication Information
Publication: Psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society / APS
Volume: 14
Issue: 5
ISSN: 0956-7976
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: MH40418
CONTRACT_GRANT: AG 12296
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG9-1234
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
NASA Discipline Regulatory Physiology
Non-NASA Center
NASA Program Biomedical Research and Countermeasures

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