Sleep deprivation affects you

Sleep deprivation affects us much more than prior theories have suggested, say researchers, adding that it impacts place-keeping or, the ability to complete a series of steps without losing one’s place, despite potential interruptions.

“Our research showed that sleep deprivation doubles the odds of making place-keeping errors and triples the number of lapses in attention, which is startling,” said study researcher Kimberly Fenn from Michigan State University in the US.

“Sleep-deprived individuals need to exercise caution in absolutely everything that they do, and simply can’t trust that they won’t make costly errors. Oftentimes – like when behind the wheel of a car – these errors can have tragic consequences,” Fenn added.

However, sleep deprivation causes widespread deficits across all facets of life. —IANS