Cognitive flexibility: A distinct element of performance impairment due to sleep deprivation

• Published in: Accident analysis and prevention Vol. 126; pp. 191 - 197
• Main Authors: Honn, K.A., Hinson, J.M., Whitney, P., Van Dongen, H.P.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2019
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Attention - physiology; Cognitive Dysfunction - etiology; Cognitive performance; Decision making; Dynamic attentional control; Executive Function - physiology; Fatigue risk management; Feedback blunting; Female; Humans; Male; Memory, Short-Term - physiology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Reaction Time - physiology; Reversal learning; Sleep Deprivation - complications; Young Adult; Fatigue risk management; Cognitive performance; Dynamic attentional control; Decision making; Reversal learning; Feedback blunting
• ISSN: 0001-4575; 1879-2057; 1879-2057
• DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2018.02.013

•Sleep deprivation produces cognitive flexibility deficits through feedback blunting.•These deficits are distinct from impairments in vigilant attention.•Results point to a specific problem with dynamic attentional control.•This provides an explanation for how sleep loss leads to perseverative behav...