psychomotor function

Fatigue-related impairment in the speed, accuracy and variability of psychomotor performance: comparison with blood alcohol levels

Authors: Paul Maruff, Marina G Falleti, Alex Collie, David Darby, Michael McStephen

Journal: Journal of Sleep Research

Year Published: 2005

Cognitive performance is impaired by fatigue arising from sustained wakefulness and alcohol. Three recent papers directly compared the effects of increasing fatigue and blood alcohol concentration (%BAC) to provide a framework for understanding fatigue-related cognitive impairment. […]

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