DTIC ADA439549: Sleep and Predicted Cognitive Performance pdf

DTIC ADA439549: Sleep and Predicted Cognitive Performance

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The amount of sleep being received per day among New Cadets at West Point during Cadet Basic Training (CBT) was investigated. Sleep was measured using actigraphy on a stratified sample of 80 New Cadets. The results indicated that New Cadets slept an average of approximately 340 minutes or 5 hours, 40 minutes per night. The results were compared to self-reported survey data to determine whether sleep prior to arrival at West Point matched measured sleep at CBT. The findings indicate that the study population is sleep-deprived during CBT. The study population was sleeping on average 2 hours, 6 minutes less per night during CBT than prior to their arrival at West Point. The findings also indicate that the amount of sleep was not related to gender, race, cadet company assignment, age, recruited athlete status, or circadian chronotype (i.e., Morning/Evening preference

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 9/1/2005
• Year: 2005
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, Miller, Daniel B, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *PERFORMANCE(HUMAN), *COGNITION, *SLEEP, *CADETS, *SLEEP DEPRIVATION, *UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, MEASUREMENT, MEMORY(PSYCHOLOGY), THESES, RACE(ANTHROPOLOGY), MALES, FATIGUE(PHYSIOLOGY), FEMALES, BEHAVIOR, ETHNIC GROUPS, PATTERNS, ADOLESCENTS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS, ARMY TRAINING

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