Abstract:Introduction:The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of sleep deprivation on individual attentional function and related electrophysiological mechanisms.Methods: Twenty healthy men who were deprived of sleep for 24 h were evaluated by selective attention test, persistent attention test, and event-related potentials (ERP) experiment.Results: After 24 h of sleep deprivation, the subjects' selective attention decreased, mainly manifested as prolonged response time, decreased motion stability, incr… Show more
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