Alertness

incorporates concepts and numerous visuals to teach students to identify their feelings/level of alertness, understand how their behavior impacts those around them, and learn what tools they can use to manage their feelings and states. The Zone of Regulation is split into four zones, the red zone, the yellow zone, the green zone and the blue zone. The red zone describes an extremely heightened state of alertness and intense emotions, while the yellow zone is used to describe the elevated…

quickly, caused by work-hour fatigue and insufficient sleep (Foxx, 2015). Factors such as working extended or irregular hours, work stressors, weather, road conditions, and vehicle performance cause stress, disrupted sleep patterns, and lack of alertness. One study suggests that 82.7% of truckers reported working irregular shifts and additionally 63.8% of the drivers reported irregular daily shifts, thus all contributing to disruptive sleep patterns (Hege et al., 2015). The quality of sleep…

effects of caffeine can last from five to six hours in healthy adults and can vary depending on weight, height, and use of medication. Caffeine’s disruption of sleep is the most common side effect that can add up over time and can disturb daytime alertness as well as performance. These side effects are more easily felt by those with caffeine sensitivity at even just one cup of coffee a day. Tolerance of caffeine increases with daily consumption and the increase of…

Psychopharmacology, 164(2), 188-92. doi:http://dx.doi.org.westcoastuniversity.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s00213-002-1175-2 Rogers, P., Heatherley, S., Mullings, E., & Smith, J. (2013). Faster but not smarter: effects of caffeine and caffeine withdrawal on alertness and performance. Psychopharmacology,226(2), 229-240. doi:10.1007/s00213-012-2889-4 James, J. E., Gregg, M. E., Kane, M., & Harte, F. (2005). Dietary caffeine, performance and mood: Enhancing and restorative effects after controlling for…

Specifically with the OCPT, the use of alertness promoters and wakefulness enhancers, such as caffeine, were not properly monitored. Since this study was conducted in a home-like setting instead of a laboratory the intake of these substances by participants in the study could not be watched over. Essentially, this indicates that these enhancers could have been a lurking variable due to the fact that it is possible for the subjects to have taken a form of alertness enhancement before they took…

that these leaders knew something that we failed to know? I strongly support the proposal to encourage napping at school or work place and I have my very good reasons to prove it. Firstly, a short nap in the afternoon increases alertness. A NASA study shows that 100% alertness can be acquired through a 40 minutes of short nap. Normally during the afternoon, human’s energy level will…

impractical and there is an increased risk of sleep inertia (Howard, Radford, Jackson, Swann, & Kennedy, 2010), which Cheng et al. (2014) described as “a transient state of lowered arousal occurring immediately after awakening from sleep, affecting alertness, and all cognitive processes” (p. 641). Setting Research into the effectiveness of napping as a successful implementation will occur in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mt. Holly, New Jersey. Virtua Memorial’s…

If an unsettling shadow was stalking you as you tiptoed through a pitch-black alleyway, would you flee? Would darkness and evil envelope you, sparking fear and alertness? Fear will instinctively warn you of any danger that passes through your short life, potentially saving it. On the contrary, with every opportunity, there comes a consequence. Warped minds, paranoid nights, and twisted emotions are all repercussions of the double edged word: fear. Fear can either cause the obsession with death…

impact on decision processes. The researchers propose that these factors of alertness mediate attention performance downstream from selective attention, which damages decision-making. Therefore, a critical finding of the study is that the effects of the circadian pacemaker and homeostatic sleep drive affect vigilant and selective attention through separate mechanisms (Horowitz et al.,…

people study the structure, habits, and evolution of all animals, both non-living and living. Animal-related careers, whether it is a zookeeper or a researcher, may seem simple, but a person needs key traits such as extreme patience, passion, and alertness. I honestly believe that patience is possibly the most important aspect when working with animals. As when all may know, animals cannot communicate with humans in the same way that human communicate with other humans. Therefore, we may not…