title: Lapses of responsiveness: Characteristics, detection, and underlying mechanisms.
abstract: Lapses in responsiveness ('lapses'), particularly microsleeps and attention lapses, are complete disruptions in performance from approximately 0.5-15 s. They are of particular importance in the transport sector in which there is a need to maintain sustained attention for extended periods and in which lapses can lead to multiple-fatality accidents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand. richard.jones@vanderveer.org.nz
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Govinda R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Poudel
authors.forename: Carrie R H
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Innes
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Malik T R
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Peiris
authors.forename: Amol M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Malla
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Signal
authors.forename: Grant J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bones
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology*