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This title is untrue according to research done by Dr. William Dement at Stanford. In his book Promise of Sleep he says they did a study where people were put i

This title is untrue according to research done by Dr. William Dement at Stanford. In his book Promise of Sleep he says they did a study where people were put in a room at an earlier than bedtime time, no electronics or devices or lights. They ended up sleeping 1-2 hours longer (closer to 10 hours) for a week and then it started to reach normal levels (closer to 8 hours) over the second week. The premise of the book Promise of Sleep is "Sleep Debt" and they proved you can pay back Sleep Debt up to about 1-2 weeks worth and the rest is absorbed by the body.

ElijahLynn 8y ago
From the WP article "While weekend recovery sleep had some benefits after a single week of insufficient sleep..." so here they are admitting there are some benefits from catching up on sleep debt, which is incompatible with the title that it is a lie. They then go on to "...those gains were wiped out when people plunged right back into their same sleep-deprived schedule the next Monday.", which again is incompatible with the title because they are saying that there is benefit but most just kill the benefit, so weekend sleep catch-up is not a lie, but Carolyn Y. Johnson (or their Editor in Chief) are lying with the title. That title is click-bait for sure.