Really?: The Claim: A Person Can Pay off a Sleep Debt by Sleeping Late on Weekends.
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 17:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Studies have found that, even after increasing sleep, it can take a week or more for the cognitive and physiological consequences of too little rest to wear off.
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