Following the 1986 annual meeting of the Association of Professional Sleep Societies
(Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 15–22, 1986), a committee of scientists was formed to review …

There is increasing concern for sleeplessness-related risks in modern society. Some recent
epidemiological data seem to support the view that many segments of the adult population …

The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is a simple questionnaire measuring the general level
of daytime sleepiness, called here the average sleep propensity. This is a measure of the …

EEG slow-wave activity (SWA; spectral power in the 0.75–4.5 Hz band) is a function of the
duration of prior waking and, thereby, an indicator of sleep homeostasis. We present a …

This report, prepared for the National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research, explores
the economic implications of sleepiness in relation to accidents. In Part One, I describe the …

The relation between the duration of prior wakefulness and EEG power density during sleep
in humans was assessed by means of a study of naps. The duration of prior wakefulness …

The neurobiological mechanisms of both sleep and circadianregulation have been
unraveled partly in the last decades. A network of brainstructures, rather than a single locus …

Human sleep electroencephalograms, recorded in four experiments, were subjected to
spectral analysis. Waking prior to sleep varied from 12 to 36 h and sleep was initiated at …

While stress and fatigue are often dealt with in other books on aviation performance and
human factors, these realities of human vulnerability are now increasingly seen as central to …

Total sleep deprivation (TSD) of rats for 24 hours or less by continually enforced locomotion
has consistently produced subsequent rebounds of slow-wave or high-amplitude EEG …