New longitudinal study tracks how sleep debt accumulates over years, not just days — findings are a bit alarming

Ethan Brooks · 0 likes

this matches my intuition from years of being a '6 hours is fine' person until i actually tried getting 8 for a month and realized how much sharper i felt, scary that it may not fully reverse though

Felix Weber · 0 likes

curious about the actual effect size here, cognitive testing differences can be statistically significant but practically small, worth reading the actual paper not just headline

Isha Menon · 0 likes

sleep tracking wearables have made me realize i was WAY more sleep deprived than i felt subjectively, the subjective/objective gap is a real phenomenon worth being aware of

Chinedu Adeyemi · 0 likes

'didnt fully reverse' is doing a lot of work in that summary, what was the actual recovery percentage they found specifically

Amelia Hughes · 0 likes

this kind of study is hard to control for confounds over 8 years honestly, lifestyle changes correlate with lots of other factors that could explain cognitive changes

Rapid Otter · 0 likes

regardless of the exact numbers this is a good nudge to actually prioritize sleep over one more hour of scrolling at night, wish id internalized this earlier in life

Brave Sparrow · 0 likes

would love a follow up study on whether this reverses with MORE than just 'improved' sleep, like actually 9+ hours for an extended recovery period