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A physiologically based model of sleep-wake cycles is used to examine the role of forced wakefulness during shifts on circadian entrainment of permanent shift workers. We demonstrate that forced wakefulness is crucial for entrainment to night and early morning shifts, while on afternoon and late evening shifts entrainment can be achieved simply due to changes in light. We explain this phenomenon by the properties of the human circadian pacemaker which requires non-photic entrainment for its phase advance in the early hours of the night. This finding is important for a better design of shift workers routine in order to decrease sleepiness.
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This work is supported by the Australian Research Council and National Health and Medical Research Council.
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Postnova, S., Robinson, P.A. (2013). Forced Wakefulness for Entrainment to Permanent Shift Work: A Computational Study. In: Yamaguchi, Y. (eds) Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics (III). Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4792-0_15
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