Effects of six weeks of chronic sleep restriction with weekend recovery on cognitive performance and wellbeing in high-performing adults.

Chronic sleep loss is associated with escalating declines in vigilant attention across days of sleep restriction. However, studies exceeding 2 weeks of chronic sleep loss are scarce, and the cognitive performance outcomes assessed are limited. We assessed the effects of 6 weeks of chronic sleep restriction on a range of cognitive domains in 15 high-performing individuals (38.

Effects of zolpidem and zaleplon on cognitive performance after emergent morning awakenings at Tmax: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Study Objectives: Prescription sleep aids are frequently used in the general population and even more frequently in spaceflight. To evaluate the risk to operational safety, a ground-based, double-blind, placebo-controlled study on the emergent awakening effects of zolpidem and zaleplon was conducted.

Methods: N = 34 participants (age M = 42.