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. 2017 Jan 6;7:2025. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.02025

Table 2.

Vigilance and subjective sleepiness.

Intention completed Intention reinstated Intention active throughout



Sleep Wake Sleep Wake Sleep Wake
Vigilance performance
Reaction time
Learning 348 ± 12 345 ± 10 412 ± 13 418 ± 11 420 ± 12 426 ± 9
Test 1 359 ± 13 355 ± 11 421 ± 14 446 ± 13 419 ± 12 434 ± 8
Test 2 337 ± 11 331 ± 10 406 ± 10 424 ± 11 405 ± 12 426 ± 7
Error rate
Learning 4.41 ± 0.73 4.62 ± 0.84 3.5 ± 0.64 3.93 ± 0.63 1.83 ± 0.45 2.03 ± 0.57
Test 1 3.82 ± 0.94 4.42 ± 0.58 3.5 ± 0.64 3.57 ± 0.97 2.50 ± 0.65 2.34 ± 0.66
Test 2 5.00 ± 0.91 3.46 ± 0.67 3.17 ± 0.57 3.04 ± 0.54 2.33 ± 0.86 2.50 ± 0.82
Subjective Sleepiness
Learning 2.33 ± 0.20 2.00 ± 0.20 2.93 ± 0.23 2.21 ± 0.30 2.53 ± 0.26 2.47 ± 0.15
Test 1 3.56 ± 0.25 2.87 ± 0.26 3.93 ± 0.25 5.50 ± 1.50 4.07 ± 0.25 3.29 ± 0.22
Test 2 2.11 ± 0.21 2.07 ± 0.18 2.27 ± 0.21 2.86 ± 0.29 1.93 ± 0.12 3.00 ± 0.27

Vigilance performance (reaction times in ms and error rates in % of all trials) and subjective sleepiness (Stanford Sleepiness Scale) during learning, test 1 and test 2. There were no significant differences between respective groups in both experiments. Means ± SEM are shown.