title: [Psychological results of mental performance in sleep deprivation].
abstract: To quantify the effects of sleep periods that have different lengths of time during continuous operations (CONOPS) 2 independent groups of subjects performed several cognitive tasks for 3 days. The 72 h trial period contained three 60-min sleep periods for the 10 subjects of the experimental group and three sleep periods of 4 h each for the 14 subjects of the control group. With the exception of only one subtest the statistical analyses of the test results of the 2 groups show no significant differences in cognitive performance. It is suggested that high motivation is responsible for comparable performance of the subjects, which was essentially obtained by a monetary pay system for successful test performance.
authors.affiliation: Laborabteilung IV, Ernst-Rodenwaldt-Instituts, Koblenz, Deutschland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dahms
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schaad
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gorges
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: von Restorff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001307:Auditory Perception; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011340:Problem Solving; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D014796:Visual Perception