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A single night of sleep loss impairs working memory in women, but not men

19 points by neverminder 9y ago

rhufdu 9y ago
n=12
- mighty_bander 9y ago
  Also, despite this they still didn't manage to prove anything. Their own data shows that ALL objective scores - sleep deprived, men, women, etc. are within one standard deviation of each other. This is so obviously bad that I am tempted to engage in conspiratorial thinking about why it was posted here.
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dTal 9y ago
Bullshit. I am disappointed to see this crap all over the news. It seems people are hungry for evidence that progressive orthodoxy is flawed - no matter how extraordinary the claim. As if men were magically immune to sleep loss! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_sleep_deprivation_on_cognitive_performance#Working_memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_sleep_deprivation_o...
- kentrado 9y ago
  You are exaggerating the claims of the study. Nowhere does it says or suggests that men are magically immune to sleep loss.
  - corobo 9y ago
    The title of this submission seems to imply it heavily. > A single night of sleep loss impairs working memory in women, but not men
saurik 9y ago
As I have come to expect in the world of random psych studies, this is the exact opposite of what I thought has been firmly established knowledge in this field and so we probably know less than nothing about the truth and I guess I am just going to discount all of this research (on both sides) as "fake science" now :/. https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/news/20030613/men-handle-sleep-loss-worse-than-women https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/news/20030613/men-hand... https://www.cantechletter.com/2017/11/women-handle-sleep-deprivation-better-than-men-do-russian-space-program-test-finds/ https://www.cantechletter.com/2017/11/women-handle-sleep-dep...
- mighty_bander 9y ago
  Both of those studies also had tiny sample sizes, so sure enough we know nothing. But instead of discounting potentially valid research, just look at it critically. You won't always be able to tell but all of these are so bad as to be obvious.

19 points by neverminder 9y ago

rhufdu 9y ago

n=12

mighty_bander 9y ago
Also, despite this they still didn't manage to prove anything. Their own data shows that ALL objective scores - sleep deprived, men, women, etc. are within one standard deviation of each other. This is so obviously bad that I am tempted to engage in conspiratorial thinking about why it was posted here.
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dTal 9y ago

Bullshit. I am disappointed to see this crap all over the news. It seems people are hungry for evidence that progressive orthodoxy is flawed - no matter how extraordinary the claim. As if men were magically immune to sleep loss! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_sleep_deprivation_on_cognitive_performance#Working_memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_sleep_deprivation_o...

kentrado 9y ago
You are exaggerating the claims of the study. Nowhere does it says or suggests that men are magically immune to sleep loss.
- corobo 9y ago
  The title of this submission seems to imply it heavily. > A single night of sleep loss impairs working memory in women, but not men

saurik 9y ago

As I have come to expect in the world of random psych studies, this is the exact opposite of what I thought has been firmly established knowledge in this field and so we probably know less than nothing about the truth and I guess I am just going to discount all of this research (on both sides) as "fake science" now :/. https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/news/20030613/men-handle-sleep-loss-worse-than-women https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/news/20030613/men-hand... https://www.cantechletter.com/2017/11/women-handle-sleep-deprivation-better-than-men-do-russian-space-program-test-finds/ https://www.cantechletter.com/2017/11/women-handle-sleep-dep...

mighty_bander 9y ago
Both of those studies also had tiny sample sizes, so sure enough we know nothing. But instead of discounting potentially valid research, just look at it critically. You won't always be able to tell but all of these are so bad as to be obvious.