Category: Science

The irony of it all is that most people suffer from sleep deprivation so that they can work more and get more done, but the drop in performance that comes from not enough sleep ruins any potential benefits of working additional hours. Studies have shown that in the United States alone, sleep deprivation is costing businesses over $100 billion each year in lost efficiency and performance.  “Unless you’re doing work that doesn’t require much thought, you are trading time awake at the expense of performance.” Gregory Belenky, Director of the Sleep and Performance Research Center at Washington State University...