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(redirected from Sleep deprivation)

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Wessells, still dissatisfied by the lack of specificity, cited the use of techniques like sleep deprivation as clearly out of bounds.
Adelaide researchers found brief naps of 10-15 minutes improved performance and alertness, while one to two hour naps caused sleep inertia or grogginess and alertness impaired for up to an hour afterwards, A two hour nap in the afternoon is also advised before the first night duty shift where sleep deprivation causes worker's performance to be as impaired as if having a blood alcohol concentration of 0.
Sleep deprivation in teenagers was the focus of a study released by the National Centre on Sleep Disorders Research in the USA.
 
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