Physiological Biomarkers of Sleepiness
Department
Biological Sciences
Major
Biological Sciences
Research Advisor
Thimgan, Matthew S.
Advisor's Department
Biological Sciences
Abstract
This experiments goal is to determine a way to tell how sleepy a person is through a set of physiological tests. If successful, there will be a quick, objective, and inexpensive way to test how sleepy a person is. Our main goal is to find a correlation between the cognitive and physiological data we gathered and the subject’s sleepiness level to determine how sleepy a person is. We gather data from volunteers who take a subjective survey to get an estimated sleepiness level. After the survey they will take a series of different cognitive tests, for example we have a Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) which will test the cognitive domains of vigilant attention, and psychomotor speed. Results from these tests will be correlated with sleepiness level. We use several statistical methods, such as mixed-model approaches to evaluate the individual, and the group at the same time from the data gathered.
Biography
Blake Bryant is a freshman at Missouri S&T, and he is a Biological Science major and pursuing a minor in chemistry as well. On this project he is a Research Assistant to Dr. Matthew Thimgan.
Research Category
Sciences
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Location
Upper Atrium
Presentation Date
17 Apr 2018, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Physiological Biomarkers of Sleepiness
Upper Atrium
This experiments goal is to determine a way to tell how sleepy a person is through a set of physiological tests. If successful, there will be a quick, objective, and inexpensive way to test how sleepy a person is. Our main goal is to find a correlation between the cognitive and physiological data we gathered and the subject’s sleepiness level to determine how sleepy a person is. We gather data from volunteers who take a subjective survey to get an estimated sleepiness level. After the survey they will take a series of different cognitive tests, for example we have a Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) which will test the cognitive domains of vigilant attention, and psychomotor speed. Results from these tests will be correlated with sleepiness level. We use several statistical methods, such as mixed-model approaches to evaluate the individual, and the group at the same time from the data gathered.
