Javier Santonja, Kenia Martínez, Francisco J Román, Sergio Escorial, M Ángeles Quiroga, Juan Álvarez-Linera, Yasser Iturria-Medina, Emiliano Santarnecchi, Roberto Colom
Brain resilience across the general cognitive ability distribution: Evidence from structural connectivity
Brain structure & function
insomnia one common sleep disorders characterized subjective perception difficulty falling asleep drivers insomnia vulnerable distraction exhibit higher levels risk driving study investigated effect two sources invehicle distractions driving performance drivers insomnia good sleepers analyzing different driving behavior measures twentyone drivers insomnia twentyone healthy volunteers recruited complete simulated driving dual tasks primary task required participants perform lanekeeping task b lanechange task secondary task required participants deal baseline nontask b internal distraction task c external distraction task internal distraction task required participants complete quantitative reasoning tasks external distraction task 0back test relationship distracted driving ability cognitive function also investigated results demonstrate lanekeeping tasks drivers insomnia significantly higher standard deviations sd speed throttle position acceleration lateral position healthy drivers internal distraction driving performance differ significantly groups internal distraction baseline lanechange task drivers insomnia higher sds steering wheel angle steer angular velocity lateral acceleration lateral speed healthy drivers external distraction moreover external distraction impaired driving behavior healthy group internal distraction impaired driving ability groups healthy drivers cognitive impairment displayed impaired lanekeeping abilities internal distractions impaired lanechanging abilities external distractions driving performance insomnia group significantly associated cognitive function results demonstrate insomnia distraction impair driving ability driver performance affected differently distraction source internal external driving ability healthy drivers decreased cognition impaired insomniacsthe findings study provide new insights preventing estimating potential influence distracted driving behavior individuals insomnia