Research paper
Reynolds AC, Banks S. Total sleep deprivation, chronic sleep restriction and sleep disruption. Prog Brain Res. 2010;185:91-103. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-53702-7.00006-3
Why we cite it
Review chapter in Progress in Brain Research (Elsevier academic series) examining sleep loss from three distinct sources — total sleep deprivation, chronic sleep restriction, and sleep disruption/fragmentation — and their effects on cognitive and neurophysiologic functioning in healthy adults. The central finding: chronic sleep restriction (the kind most people experience from work and lifestyle patterns) and sleep disruption (associated with sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome) produce cognitive impairments comparable to those of total sleep deprivation. All three forms of sleep loss impair cognitive performance, simulated driving performance, and induce sleepiness, fatigue, and mood changes. This establishes that the everyday partial sleep loss people accept as normal is not cognitively benign. Connects to the project’s sleep-health cluster: csh03 addresses metabolic consequences of sleep loss (hunger hormones), while this paper addresses the cognitive impairment dimension. Referenced by 1 companion and 1 companion-review.
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53702-7.00006-3 · PubMed 21075235 · Publisher