Neuroticism relates to daytime wakefulness and sleep devaluation via high neurophysiological efficiency in the

Takuya Yoshiike1, Kenichi Kuriyama, Motoyasu Honma

  • 1Department of Adult Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan; Section of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan.

Psychophysiology
|March 26, 2014
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