Circadian misalignment impairs ability to suppress visual distractions

• Published in: Psychophysiology Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. e13485 - n/a
• Main Authors: Smit, Andrea N., Michalik, Mateusz, Livingstone, Ashley C., Mistlberger, Ralph E., McDonald, John J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2020
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; attention; Attention - physiology; chronotype; Circadian Rhythm - physiology; Circadian rhythms; Cognitive ability; distraction; Driving ability; Evoked Potentials - physiology; Female; Humans; Information processing; Male; N2pc; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; social jetlag; Time Factors; Visual Perception - physiology; Young Adult; chronotype; attention; social jetlag; N2pc; distraction; PD

Evening‐type individuals often perform poorly in the morning because of a mismatch between internal circadian time and external social time, a condition recognized as social jet lag. Performance impairments near the morning circadian (~24 hr) trough have been attributed to deficits in attention, but...