Trial reportPloS one2014
The vigilance decrement in executive function is attenuated when individual chronotypes perform at their optimal time of day.
Trial report in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
46 citing papers in PubMed.
- Interplay of chronotype and school timing predicts school performance.Nature human behaviour · 2020Trial
- Cognitive enhancement by transcranial laser stimulation and acute aerobic exercise.Lasers in medical science · 2016Trial
- Brain network analysis using morphological intrinsic divergence: differences in small-world properties of morphological similarity networks among healthy young adults with different chronotypes.Brain imaging and behavior · 2026Article
- Strategy and Motivation, Rather Than Fatigue, Drive Age-Related Differences in Sustained Attention Performance: Evidence for Decoupled Beta-Band Oscillations.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Article
- Article
- Article
- An examination of sustained attention during complex multitasking scenarios.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2025Article
- Testing thought-probe frequency for measuring mind-wandering along with vigilance and cognitive control loss: A study with the ANTI-Vea task.Behavior research methods · 2025Article
- Circadian rhythmicity in prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response: A study of chronotype and time-of-day effects in young healthy adults.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Integrative Field-Based Health and Performance Research: A Narrative Review on Experimental Methods and Logistics to Conduct Competition and Training Camp Studies in Athletes.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- The rollercoaster of obsessive-compulsive disorder: How chronotype and time of day affect behavioral inhibition in adults with OCD.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2025Article
- No association between chronotype and cardiovascular response to a cognitive challenge in the morning using a Bayesian approach.Neurobiology of sleep and circadian rhythms · 2025Article
- Impact of Circadian Rhythm Disturbance and Chronotype on Medical Students' Mental State.Basic and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
- Daily dynamics of the temporal orientations of mind wandering: chronotype matters!Neuroscience of consciousness · 2025Article
- Age differences in motivation drive performance during the sustained attention to response task.PloS one · 2025Article
- Executive function deficits in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder.Nature reviews. Psychology · 2024Article
- Chronotype and emotion processing: a pilot study testing timing of online cognitive bias modification training.BMJ mental health · 2024Article
- Light Exposure on Alertness after Wake-Up in Healthy Men: Comparing Dim, Bright, Red, and Blue Light.Neuropsychobiology · 2024Article
- Probing sustained attention and fatigue across the lifespan.PloS one · 2024Article
- Time-restricted eating, the clock ticking behind the scenes.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Time of day modulates our cognitive functions, especially those related to executive control, such as the ability to inhibit inappropriate responses. However, the impact of individual differences in time of day preferences (i.e. morning vs. evening chronotype) had not been considered by most studies. It was also unclear whether the vigilance decrement (impaired performance with time on task) depends on both time of day and chronotype. In this study, morning-type and evening-type participants performed a task measuring vigilance and response inhibition (the Sustained Attention to Response Task, SART) in morning and evening sessions. The results showed that the vigilance decrement in inhibitory performance was accentuated at non-optimal as compared to optimal times of day. In the morning-type group, inhibition performance decreased linearly with time on task only in the evening session, whereas in the morning session it remained more accurate and stable over time. In contrast, inhibition performance in the evening-type group showed a linear vigilance decrement in the morning session, whereas in the evening session the vigilance decrement was attenuated, following a quadratic trend. Our findings imply that the negative effects of time on task in executive control can be prevented by scheduling cognitive tasks at the optimal time of day according to specific circadian profiles of individuals. Therefore, time of day and chronotype influences should be considered in research and clinical studies as well as real-word situations demanding executive control for response inhibition.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.