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Title is misleading - should say: one night with 6 hours of sleep results in equivalent performance on certain tasks as someone who did not sleep the night befo
by ruffrey 11y ago
Title is misleading - should say: one night with 6 hours of sleep results in equivalent performance on certain tasks as someone who did not sleep the night before.
- ChristianGeek 11y agoThat's not true either...10 days with 6 hours sleep is as bad as 2 with none.
- mswen 11y agoI up-voted your comment but to add a little more. Not only is the title very misleading, even the first paragraph is somewhat misleading. It isn't until well into the article that you actually get the details of the study result that the title is referencing. So for up to 10 days those who only got 6 hours of sleep per night were "holding their own" and not reporting particularly high levels of sleepiness. It was after 10 days of 6 hours a night that their cognitive performance fell off to resemble that of someone missing 2 nights in a row.
- staz 11y agoThe point of the article is that the people who missed two days of sleep knew they didn't sleep enough and that they were not performing well. While the people who only slept 6 hours per night thought they got enough sleep, so they are more likely to continue this schedule.
- wodenokoto 11y agoBut they are still performing better than had they had no sleep at all. I know people who regularly sleep 6 hours a day and I've also seen them after an all nighter. Not the same thing at all.
- Tempest1981 11y agoDamn FastCompany... I hate that I had to click the link, just to prove to myself that the title was misleading. You know it's click bait, but morbid curiosity still wins.