ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Changes and Recovery in Vigilant Attention Following Sleep Deprivation

  • ZHANG Jingru ,
  • CAO Zhicheng
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  • 1The Open University of Nanhai, Foshan 528000, China;
    2School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China;
    3Nanhai Vocational School of Polytechnic, Foshan 528000, China
*CAOZhicheng,caozhicheng@vip.163.com

Online published: 2025-03-20

Abstract

Objective:To explore the effects of sleep deprivation and recovery sleep on vigilant attention.
Methods:A total of 21 volunteers without shift work, trans-time-zone travel, sleep disorders, or irregular routines were recruited. The volunteers included 7 males and 14 females, with an age of 21.14 (2.00) years. The Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) and the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS) were used to measure participants’ vigilant attention and subjective sleepiness under three conditions: normal sleep, sleep deprivation, and recovery sleep. Differences between the three conditions were analyzed and explored.
Results:The average PVT reaction time of participants was 348 (38) ms under normal sleep, 519 (233) ms under sleep deprivation, and 334 (38) ms after recovery sleep. One-way repeated measures ANOVA and multiple comparisons showed that, compared to normal sleep and recovery sleep, sleep deprivation resulted in prolonged PVT reaction time (p<0.01), an increased number of lapses (p<0.01), and higher subjective sleepiness (all p<0.001). However, subjective sleepiness after recovery sleep was significantly lower than that after normal sleep (p<0.01).
Conclusion:Sleep deprivation can impair an individual’s vigilant attention, but a single night (about eight hours) of recovery sleep is sufficient to restore both vigilant attention and subjective sleepiness to normal levels.

Cite this article

ZHANG Jingru , CAO Zhicheng . Changes and Recovery in Vigilant Attention Following Sleep Deprivation[J]. Psychological Communications, 2024 , 7(3) : 192 -198 . DOI: 10.12100/j.issn.2096-5494.224025

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