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Sleep deprivation, also known as sleep insufficiency [2] or sleeplessness, is the condition of not having adequate duration and/or quality of sleep to support decent alertness, performance, and health. It can be either chronic or acute and may vary widely in severity.
Sleep deprivation is when you consistently don’t get enough sleep or are only getting poor-quality sleep. For instance, you might only get five hours of sleep most nights. Or maybe you’re in ...
A large sleep debt may lead to mental or physical fatigue, and can adversely affect one's mood, energy, and ability to think clearly. There are two kinds of sleep debt: the result of partial sleep deprivation, and of total sleep deprivation. Partial sleep deprivation occurs when a person or a lab animal sleeps too little for several days or ...
Bedtime procrastination can cause sleep deprivation, which leads to slow thinking, low attention levels, bad memory, bad decision making, stress, anxiety, and irritation. If sleep deprivation is not treated quickly, long-term consequences can include heart disease, diabetes, obesity, weakened immune system, pain, hormone issues, and mental ...
Dr. Matthew Edlund, author of The Power of Rest: Why Sleep Alone is Not Enough Problem: Even though rest is how your body rebuilds, there's virtually no time or space to do it at work. We really ...
In the past few years, sleep divorce has risen in popularity as a solve for sleep-deprived couples. (Cameron Diaz even gave the trend her endorsement!) Picture it: No more yanking the blanket back ...
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Sleep deprivation slows the generation of facial reactions in response to emotional faces. [15] One to two nights of sleep loss in healthy adults is associated with a decrease in the generated intensity of positive moods (i.e. happiness and activation), as well as an increase in the generated intensity of negative moods (i.e. anger , depression ...