"What Lack of Sleep Does to Your Mind"
By Camille Peri
(True Summary)
http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/excessive-sleepiness-10/emotions-cognitive
In this article, Camille Peri stresses the importance of receiving enough sleep to ensure your body stays healthy and remains fully functional. She first explains that chronic sleepiness can affect your cognitive skills such as logical reasoning or complex thought and continues with the impact chronic sleepiness has on memory and the difficulty people face when learning new material while deprived of sleep. She uses examples such as teenagers losing the focus, diligence, and memory capacity to perform well in school when they receive little sleep. Next, Peri stresses the significance sleepiness has on delayed reaction times and the correlation between driving sleepy and driving with a BAC of .08%. Finally, the author mentions the fact that a lack of sleep can affect your mood and how it can induce feelings of anger, depression, and stress.
-Jacob Pesek
By Camille Peri
(True Summary)
http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/excessive-sleepiness-10/emotions-cognitive
In this article, Camille Peri stresses the importance of receiving enough sleep to ensure your body stays healthy and remains fully functional. She first explains that chronic sleepiness can affect your cognitive skills such as logical reasoning or complex thought and continues with the impact chronic sleepiness has on memory and the difficulty people face when learning new material while deprived of sleep. She uses examples such as teenagers losing the focus, diligence, and memory capacity to perform well in school when they receive little sleep. Next, Peri stresses the significance sleepiness has on delayed reaction times and the correlation between driving sleepy and driving with a BAC of .08%. Finally, the author mentions the fact that a lack of sleep can affect your mood and how it can induce feelings of anger, depression, and stress.
-Jacob Pesek