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Review Article| Volume 15, ISSUE 1, P71-76, March 2020

Insomnia and Cognitive Performance

  • Janeese A. Brownlow
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. Department of Psychology, College of Health & Behavioral Sciences, Delaware State University, 1200 North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901.
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    Department of Psychology, College of Health & Behavioral Sciences, Delaware State University, 1200 North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901, USA

    Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 670, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Katherine E. Miller
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    Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Philip R. Gehrman
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    Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 670, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

    Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Published:November 27, 2019DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsmc.2019.10.002

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