title: [Effects of sleep deprivation on human performance].
abstract: Objective. To investigate the effects of sleep deprivation (SD) on human performance. Method. 8 healthy male college students participated the test. During 26 h of continuous awakeness (from 6:00 to 8:00 the next day), the volunteers were demanded to perform a battery of tests at 9 different time (7:00, 12:00, 16:00, 20:00, 0:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00). The tests include: (1) single task: aural Oddball response, the response time (RT1) and correct rate (CR1) were recorded; (2) dual tasks: manual tracking and aural Oddball response, the response time (RT2), tracking error (ER) and correct rate (CR2) were recorded; (3) The Stanford sleepiness scale and subjective ratings of task difficulty access. Result. SD had significant effects on CT1, CT2 and ER (P=0.0001, P=0.00001, P=0.0004 respectively); SD increased RT1, RT2, ER at night time. SD had significant effects on SR, SSS score (P=0.0001, P=0.0000 respectively); SD increased SR, SSS score at night time. Since the subjects changed their response strategy, CR1 and CR2 were not influenced by SD at night time. Conclusion. SD has significant effects on response time, tracking error, subjective difficulty of cognitive tasks and subjective sleepiness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Aerospace Physiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011930:Reaction Time; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000523:psychology*