Sleep Deprivation Adversely Affects Automatic, Accurate Responses May Lead To Serious Errors

Nov. 17, 2009 - PRLog -- This is the first study by Psychology professors Todd Maddox and David Schnyer explored the domain of procedural learning, and the findings revealed that sleep deprivation causes some people to shift from a faster and more accurate process of information categorization (information-integration) to a more controlled, explicit process (rule-based), resulting in negative effects on performance.

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The researchers were surprised to find the adverse effects of sleep deprivation on information processing varied among individuals. Schnyer believes that the finding has implications for training purposes for high-pressure, life-and-death jobs.

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The study, published in the November issue of Sleep, was funded by the U.S. Army and through the Center for Strategic and Innovative Technologies at The University of Texas at Austin.

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