Journal of Sleep Disorders & Therapy
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Campbell K

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• Research Article
  Towards a Novel Measure to Determine Improvement of Cognitive Functioning Following Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
  Author(s): Gosselin D, Campbell K, Grenier J, de Koninck J Gosselin D, Campbell K, Grenier J, de Koninck J
  
  Background: Cognitive impairments are often reported by individuals with insomnia. Yet, objective performancebased measures of cognitive functioning have yielded inconsistent results. The present study aims to investigate sustained attention and vigilance in individuals with insomnia by employing a novel task based on the Schroger and Wolff paradigm. This innovative auditory distraction task measures two different cognitive processes: 1) the ability to sustain attention in order to detect the duration of auditory stimuli, 2) the ability to detect auditory stimulus change, which requires a switch of attention. A standard psychomotor vigilance test (PVT) was also employed for comparison purposes. Methods: Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia was delivered to 5 participants. Performance on the psychomotor vigilance test and the novel audit.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0277.1000250

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