Victoria O. Dionisos, BS; Taylor G. Christiansen, BA; Gina M. Mason, PhD; Daniel P. Dickstein, MD; Mary A. Carskadon, PhD; Jared M. Saletin, PhD

Adolescents often experience insufficient sleep, which influences next day performance in attention demanding tasks. Little is known regarding how wake extension and recovery sleep impact objective vigilance and subjective sleepiness in young adolescents.

We analyzed PVT performance and sleepiness scores on a baseline night and across an evening of wake extension followed by a short sleep opportunity.