The cumulative cost of additional wakefulness: dose-response effects on neurobehavioral functions and sleep physiology from chronic sleep restriction and total sleep deprivation.

By H. V. Van Dongen, G. Maislin, J. Mullington, David F. Dinges. Sleep, 2003

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Validation of the Karolinska sleepiness scale against performance and EEG variables. (2006, background): “On the other hand, one performance measure cannot substitute for another one (Van Dongen et al., 2003).”
Sleep for cognitive enhancement (2014, background): “Acute sleep deprivation of one or more nights without sleep can slow down reaction times (Van Dongen et al., 2003), increase perseveration (Retey et al., 2006), reduce focused attention (Thomas et al., 2000), impair risk assessment (Killgore et al., 2006) and strategic planning (Harrison and Horne,…”
Sleep deprivation: Impact on cognitive performance (2007, methodology): “Accordingly, only data from the third night should be accepted, which has been the case in a few studies (Thomas et al 2000; Van Dongen et al 2003a).”