Sep19
Sleep deprivation affects eye, steering coordination while driving
Driving a vehicle requires coordination of horizontal eye movements and steering. A research abstract presented at Sleep 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), finds that even a single night of sleep deprivation can impact a person’s ability to coordinate eye movements with steering.
"Even a single night of sleep deprivation can impact a person’s ability to coordinate eye movements with steering," said the study’s author, Mark Chattington, of Manchester Metropolitan University.
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