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In‐flight sleep, pilot fatigue and Psychomotor Vigilance Task performance on ultra‐long range versus long range flights

Semantic Scholar · Article (Journal of Sleep Research) · 9b0a8f571872e6000d50d54e6d010fb1cbb47cf5 · Published 2013-12-01 · Journal of Sleep Research · 6 authors

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Abstract

It is suggested that additional in-flight sleep mitigated fatigue effectively on longer flights, and further research is needed to clarify the contributions to fatigue of in‐flight sleep versus time awake at top of descent.

Authors

  • P. Gander
  • T. L. Signal
  • M. J. van den Berg
  • Hannah M. Mulrine
  • S. Jay
  • J. Mangie

Keywords

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Citation

P. Gander, T. L. Signal, M. J. van den Berg , et al. (2013). In‐flight sleep, pilot fatigue and Psychomotor Vigilance Task performance on ultra‐long range versus long range flights. Journal of Sleep Research. Semantic Scholar ID 9b0a8f571872e6000d50d54e6d010fb1cbb47cf5. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12071 ↗