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Overview

Leon Lack is affiliated with Flinders University in Australia and has a substantial body of work primarily focused on sleep-related research within the fields of psychology and neuroscience. Their research spans experimental and cognitive psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience, with additional work relating to endocrine and autonomic systems, physiology, and speech and hearing.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Youth Substance Use and School Attendance

Leon Lack has published extensively in a range of sleep research journals and venues, including:

  • SLEEP Advances (35 publications)
  • SLEEP (16 publications)
  • Journal of Sleep Research (10 publications)
  • Sleep Medicine (10 publications)
  • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (6 publications)

Recent papers by Leon Lack include:

  • Bi-directional relationships between co-morbid insomnia and sleep apnea (COMISA), 2021, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Comorbid insomnia and sleep apnoea is associated with all-cause mortality, 2021, European Respiratory Journal
  • Economic evaluation of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) for improving health outcomes in adult populations: A systematic review, 2020, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • The effect of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia on sedative-hypnotic use: A narrative review, 2020, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia reduces sleep apnoea severity: a randomised controlled trial, 2020, ERJ Open Research

Collaborations are a notable aspect of their research career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Nicole Lovato
  • Hannah Scott
  • Alexander Sweetman
  • Peter Catcheside
  • Andrew Vakulin

Best Publications

  • A brief afternoon nap following nocturnal sleep restriction: which nap duration is most recuperative?

    Amber Brooks;Leon Colburn Lack

  • The impact of sleep on adolescent depressed mood, alertness and academic performance

    Michelle A. Short;Michael Gradisar;Leon C. Lack;Helen R. Wright

  • The relationship between insomnia and body temperatures.

    Leon C. Lack;Michael Gradisar;Eus J.W. Van Someren;Eus J.W. Van Someren;Helen R. Wright

  • Time for bed: parent-set bedtimes associated with improved sleep and daytime functioning in adolescents.

    Michelle A. Short;Michael Gradisar;Helen Wright;Leon C. Lack

  • Effect of light wavelength on suppression and phase delay of the melatonin rhythm.

    Helen R. Wright;Leon C. Lack

  • The discrepancy between actigraphic and sleep diary measures of sleep in adolescents.

    Michelle A. Short;Michelle A. Short;Michael Gradisar;Leon C. Lack;Helen Wright

  • The effects of napping on cognitive functioning

    Nicole Lovato;Leon Colburn Lack

  • Differential effects of light wavelength in phase advancing the melatonin rhythm

    Helen Ruth Wright;Leon Colburn Lack;David J Kennaway

  • The short-term benefits of brief and long naps following nocturnal sleep restriction.

    Amber J. Tietzel;Leon C. Lack

  • Public health implications of sleep loss: the community burden.

    David R Hillman;Leon C Lack

  • The effect of evening bright light in delaying the circadian rhythms and lengthening the sleep of early morning awakening insomniacs.

    Leon Lack;Helen Wright

  • Delayed Sleep and Sleep Loss in University Students.

    Leon C. Lack

  • Co-Morbid Insomnia and Sleep Apnea (COMISA): Prevalence, Consequences, Methodological Considerations, and Recent Randomized Controlled Trials.

    Alexander Sweetman;Leon Lack;Célyne Bastien

  • Chronotype differences in circadian rhythms of temperature, melatonin, and sleepiness as measured in a modified constant routine protocol.

    Leon Colburn Lack;Michelle E Bailey;Nicole Lovato;Helen Ruth Wright

  • Estimating adolescent sleep patterns: parent reports versus adolescent self-report surveys, sleep diaries, and actigraphy

    Michelle A Short;Michael Shane Gradisar;Leon Colburn Lack;Helen Ruth Wright

  • Examining maladaptive beliefs about sleep across insomnia patient groups.

    Colleen E. Carney;Jack D. Edinger;Charles M. Morin;Rachel Manber

  • The Flinders Fatigue Scale: Preliminary psychometric properties and clinical sensitivity of a new scale for measuring daytime fatigue associated with insomnia.

    Michael Gradisar;Leon Lack;Leon Lack;Hayley Richards;Hayley Richards;Jodie Harris;Jodie Harris

  • Developing a successful treatment for co-morbid insomnia and sleep apnoea.

    Alexander M. Sweetman;Leon C. Lack;Peter G. Catcheside;Peter G. Catcheside;Nick A. Antic;Nick A. Antic

  • The recuperative value of brief and ultra-brief naps on alertness and cognitive performance.

    Amber J. Tietzel;Leon C. Lack

  • Low levels of alcohol impair driving simulator performance and reduce perception of crash risk in partially sleep deprived subjects

    Siobhan Banks;Peter Catcheside;Leon Lack;Leon Lack;Ron R. Grunstein

  • The treatment of early-morning awakening insomnia with 2 evenings of bright light.

    Leon Colburn Lack;Helen Ruth Wright;Kristyn Leah Kemp;Samantha Gibbon

  • Selective attention and the control of binocular rivalry

    Leon Colburn Lack

  • Sleep-onset insomniacs have delayed temperature rhythms.

    Mary Morris;Leon Lack;Drew Dawson

  • Insomniacs' perception of wake instead of sleep.

    Jeremy D Mercer;Jeremy D Mercer;Richard R Bootzin;Leon C Lack;Leon C Lack

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Gradisar
Michael Gradisar Flinders University
Richard R. Bootzin
Richard R. Bootzin University of Arizona
Sonia Ancoli-Israel
Sonia Ancoli-Israel University of California, San Diego
Gregory D. Roach
Gregory D. Roach Central Queensland University
Raymond Cluydts
Raymond Cluydts Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Rachel Manber
Rachel Manber Stanford University
Bei Bei
Bei Bei Monash University

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