Sleepy behaviors (eyes closed, head down) showed medium-sized but non-significant effects of sleep restriction¶

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q3 i2 Medium-sized effects for eyes-closed and head-down behaviors (d=.49–.50) did not reach statistical significance, likely due to limited power. → Beebe 2010

Evidence¶

Beebe 2010¶

Beebe, D. W., Rose, D., & Amin, R. (2010). Attention, Learning, and Arousal of Experimentally Sleep-Restricted Adolescents in a Simulated Classroom. The Journal of Adolescent Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.03.005

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Secondary coded behaviors in the video-monitored subset (n=8): yawning, eye rubbing, eyes closed, head on table for ≥3 consecutive seconds. The authors report "the medium-sized effects for “Eyes Closed” and “Head down” (d=.49–.50; Figure 1)" were not statistically significant.

"Although not statistically significant, the medium-sized effects for “Eyes Closed” and “Head down” (d=.49–.50; Figure 1) may have reached significance in a larger sample."

Discussion¶

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