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> Another surprising finding is that there appears to be a certain cutoff for bedtimes, such that going to bed later results in poorer performance, even if the

> Another surprising finding is that there appears to be a certain cutoff for bedtimes, such that going to bed later results in poorer performance, even if the total amount of sleep is the same. I would perhaps rephrase this as "people who stimulate themselves enough that they stay up late have poor quality sleep". I for sure experience this myself when I don't properly wind down my mind several hours before going to sleep.

mdp2021 5y ago
Not really. First of all, of course, the point is that bad sleep impairs cognition; the suggested point seems to be that there are "appointments" with scheduled internal operations (whatever: glial cleanup etc.), and that if they are missed it is missed maintenance.