Table 2 Vigilance parameters.

From: The power of children’s sleep - Improved declarative memory consolidation in children compared with adults

 

Sleep

Wake

Children

Adults

Children

Adults

Vigilance Index (ms)

−7.20 ± 40.67

−10.19 ± 16.70

2.88 ± 30.32

−5.34 ± 16.37

PVT session 1 (ms)

460 ± 87.66

341.25 ± 31.18

425.07 ± 66.72

352.94 ± 29.21

PVT session 2 (ms)

452 ± 85.48

331.06 ± 29.43

424.87 ± 55.02

347.61 ± 29.14

  1. Psychomotor vigilance task (PVT). Mean (± SEM) for the vigilance index (ms) obtained by subtracting mean reaction times (RTs) in the delayed session from mean RTs in the immediate session (ms), PVT mean RTs at the first session (1) and PVT mean RTs at the second session (2).
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