The effects of sleep loss on component movements of human motion

Abstract

Does sleep loss produce differential effects on component movements of motion? Without a control group, 19 college students were given "several special tests of perceptual and motor functions in a 5-day training period, in a 3-day sleep loss period, and in a 2-day recovery period." Manipulation and travel movements in a panel-control task, speed of performance in a test of bimanual and unimanual coordination, speed of discrete leg movements, and critical flicker frequency all decreased. Contacts in a test of hand steadiness showed irregular change. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)