active adjective (GRAMMAR) âº grammar [ not gradable ] describing a verb or sentence in which the subject is the person or thing that does what is stated: In Alex gave me a gift, the verb give is active, and in I was given a gift by Alex, give is passive.
A single night of sleep deprivation can impact a person's ability to coordinate eye movements with steering. Share: Results of the study showed that, in all drivers, sleep deprivation adversely affected their ability to coordinate eye movements when steering.
In order to develop a more accurate picture of how sleep deprivation affects neurobehavioral functioning, future studies need to include older adults, including those age 60 or above. Once again, the effects of sleep deprivation are not a âone size fits allâ phenomenon. Our present understanding of the effects of sleep loss, based primarily on studies of young adults, may not be generalizeable to middle age adults or the elderly. Read more in the Insomnia Corner.