Circadian rhythms in executive function during the transition to adolescence: the effect of synchrony between chronotype and time of day.
Dev Sci
; 15(3): 408-16, 2012 May.
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ABSTRACT
To explore the influence of circadian rhythms on executive function during early adolescence, we administered a battery of executive function measures (including a Go-Nogo task, the Iowa Gambling Task, a Self-ordered Pointing task, and an Intra/Extradimensional Shift task) to Morning-preference and Evening-preference participants (N = 80) between the ages of 11 and 14 years who were tested in the morning or afternoon. Significant Chronotype × Time of Day interactions (controlling for amount of sleep the previous night) revealed that adolescents tested at their optimal times of day performed better than those tested at their nonoptimal times. Implications for our understanding of physiological arousal, sleep, and executive function during adolescence are discussed.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Desempenho Psicomotor
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Sono
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Ritmo Circadiano
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Função Executiva
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dev Sci
Assunto da revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Alemanha