title: Sleep deprivation affects the sensitivity of proactive and reactive action monitoring: a behavioural and ERP analysis.
abstract: We studied the impact of sleep deprivation on action monitoring. Each participant performed a Simon task after a normal night of sleep and after 26 h of awakening. Reaction time (RT) distributions were analyzed and the sensitivity of the error negativity (Ne/Ne like) to response correctness was examined. Results showed that (1) the Simon effect persisted for the longest RTs only after sleep deprivation and (2) the sensitivity of the Ne/Ne like to correctness decreased after sleep deprivation, especially on incongruent trials. This suggests that after sleep deprivation (1) the ability to inhibit prepotent response tendencies is impaired and (2) the sensitivity of a response monitoring system as revealed by the error negativity is less sensitive to performance. In conclusion, action monitoring was affected by sleep deprivation as revealed by distributional analyses and the sensitivity of the Ne/Ne like to performance, which may be attributed to the fragility of prefrontal structures to sleep deprivation.
authors: Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Toulon, France. celineramdani@hotmail.fr
authors: Céline
authors: C
authors: Ramdani
authors: Laurence
authors: L
authors: Carbonnell
authors: Arnaud
authors: A
authors: Rabat
authors: Cédric
authors: C
authors: Meckler
authors: Boris
authors: B
authors: Burle
authors: Thierry
authors: T
authors: Hasbroucq
authors: Franck
authors: F
authors: Vidal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000503:physiopathology*