Lack of Sleep Takes Toll on Brain Power

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From the page: "Feb. 9, 2000 (Atlanta) -- A sleepy person's brain works harder -- and accomplishes less. A study using real-time, state-of-the-art imaging shows that sleep deprivation has dramatic effects on the brain and how well it performs. Researchers expected to find only... more

Reviewed by saltwatermatt May 26, 05:41am ( 3 reviews ) • webmd.com

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Rated by saltwatermatt on May 26, 5:41am

From the page: "Feb. 9, 2000 (Atlanta) -- A sleepy person's brain works harder -- and accomplishes less. A study using real-time, state-of-the-art imaging shows that sleep deprivation has dramatic effects on the brain and how well it performs. Researchers expected to find only sluggish activity in the brains of healthy young people who took a simple word test after staying awake for 35 hours. They found instead that while parts of the sleep-deprived brains churned with activity during the test, another part of the brain -- the language center -- shut down. "Sleep deprivation is bad for your brain when you are trying to do high-level [thinking] tasks," study co-author J. Christian Gillin, MD, tells WebMD. "It may have serious consequences both on performance and on the way your brain functions."" Sleep deprivation can contribute to relationship breakdown. Word finding ability is likely to be poor. Short naps may renew language function. The person who seems impossible to deal with/care for at the end of a twelve hour or longer shift, once they reach home, is likely to be easier to communicate with once they have secured some sleep!
Rated by DoctorCongo on May 20 2008, 10:40pm

Next on the Brutally obvious; "The sky is blue in the daytime!" and " Most milk in stores is from cows!"

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