Lack Of Sleep Means You Can’t Read Emotions
With little sleep, it’s more difficult to read the emotions of others.
A new study has found that when we go long enough without sleep, we lose our ability to read facial expressions.
Researchers Matthew Walker, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at UC Berkeley, echoed these concerns in a press release, stating that this lack of sleep affects “over two-thirds of people in the developed nations.”
The experiment was comprised of 18 healthy adults. After receiving a full night’s sleep, researchers had them all view 70 different facial expressions ranging from friendly to threatening. Then the researchers had the participants stay awake for 24 hours. The researchers then put the participants through the same test and took measurements of their heart rates and scanned their brains.
The results showed the participants’ sleep-deprived brains couldn’t distinguish one facial expression from another.
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tracey marie July 25th, 2015 at 22:51
Good thing I can’t stay up for 24 hours any more.
bpollen July 26th, 2015 at 07:06
Too little sleep and I couldn’t even read the back of the cereal box.