Naturalistic Field Studies of Sleep and Performance.

摘要

The key deliverable in this award s statement of work is to Develop a new program at Washington State University - the Spokane Sleep Research Initiative - to focus on the effects of sleep and sleep loss on human performance. As the Spokane Sleep Research Initiative grew, it was renamed the Sleep and Performance Research Center (SPRC). Major findings published during the interval covered by this addendum (05/01/2010-04/30/2011) were (1) sleep loss effects are modulated by circadian rhythms; (2) sleep loss affects the performance of operational personnel with effects on both individual and group performance; (3) chronic sleep restriction degrades performance to a lesser degree than total sleep deprivation but recovery from chronic sleep restriction takes longer; (4) mathematical models can capture the homeostatic and circadian effects on performance and be useful in fatigue risk management; (5) basic science experimentation continues to be the mainstay in unraveling the neurobiology of sleep in particular the effects of local release of sleep regulatory substances in controlling local sleep; (6) over the reporting period, core faculty have continued to do original work and to integrate their work with the work of others through timely, thoughtful, and authoritative reviews During the interval covered by this addendum (05/01/2010-04/30/2011), the Sleep and Performance Research Center 11 core faculty members have produced 62 publications (see References).