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Uncovering residual effects of chronic sleep loss on human performance

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Cohen, Daniel A., Wang, Wei, Wyatt, James K., Kronauer, Richard E., Dijk, Derk-Jan, Czeisler, Charles A., Klerman, Elizabeth B.·2010·Science Translational Medicine

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Sleep loss leads to profound performance decrements. Yet many individuals believe they adapt to chronic sleep loss or that recovery requires only a single extended sleep episode. To evaluate this, we designed a protocol whereby the durations of sleep and wake episodes were increased to 10 and 32.85 hours, respectively, to yield a reduced sleep-to-wake ratio of 1:3.3. These sleep and wake episodes were distributed across all circadian phases, enabling measurement of the effects of acute and chronic sleep loss at different times of the circadian day and night. Despite recurrent acute and substantial chronic sleep loss, 10-hour sleep opportunities consistently restored vigilance task performance during the first several hours of wakefulness. However, chronic sleep loss markedly increased the rate of deterioration in performance across wakefulness, particularly during the circadian "night." Thus, extended wake during the circadian night reveals the cumulative detrimental effects of chronic sleep loss on performance, with potential adverse health and safety consequences.

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Authors
Cohen, D. A., Wang, W., Wyatt, J. K., Kronauer, R. E., Dijk, D.-J., Czeisler, C. A., & Klerman, E. B.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Rush University Medical Center (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • University of Surrey (GB)
Corresponding author
Cohen, Daniel A.
Venue
Science Translational Medicine
Published
2010-01-13
Volume
2
Issue
14
Pages
14ra3-14ra3
ISSN
  • 1946-6234 (ISSN-L)
  • 1946-6242
OpenAlex
W2147523200
Cited by
236
References
35
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FWCI
23.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science Translational Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Surrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Aging (P01AG009975)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL007901)
  • National Center for Research Resources (M01RR002635)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K02HD045459)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Keywords
chronic sleep loss, sleep deprivation, sustained attention, cognitive performance, circadian rhythm, extended wakefulness, performance recovery
MeSH terms
Adult, Attention, Circadian Rhythm, Female, Humans, Male, Psychomotor Performance, Reaction Time, Sleep, Wakefulness, Work Schedule Tolerance, Models, Statistical

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