Although not fully understood, sleep is accepted as a vital and organized sequence of
events that follows a regular cyclic program each night to ensure the human body can …

There is rapidly accumulating evidence of a close relationship between sleep loss and
cognition. Neuropsychologists need to become aware of this body of knowledge as the …

Sleep deprivation (SD) is a common condition that afflicts many people in modern life.
Deficits in daytime performance due to SD are experienced universally. Recent evidence …

Insufficient sleep is a hallmark of our modern busy society, but “burning the candle at both
ends” does not come without a cost. The present chapter provides a selective overview of …

A substantial body of literature supports the intuitive notion that a good night's sleep can
facilitate human cognitive performance the next day. Deficits in attention, learning & memory …

Introduction: Sleep deprived people have difficulties to perform daily activities. Their
performance depends on three basic cognitive processes: attention, working memory, and …

Sleep deprivation is commonplace in modern society, but its far-reaching effects on
cognitive performance are only beginning to be understood from a scientific perspective …

As a universal, evolutionarily conserved phenomenon, sleep serves many roles, with an
integral role in memory. This interplay has been examined in a variety of research. The …

Studies of the effects of sleep loss on human performance and mental processing have
deep roots in the history of experimental psychology, particularly in the domains of learning …

The importance of sleep can be ascertained by noting the effects of its loss, which tends to
be chronic and partial, on cognition, mood, alertness, and overall health. Many theories …