From: Bloomberg (HealthDay)
Sleep Deprivation May Encourage Risky Decisions
March 10, 2011
Bloomberg (HealthDay):
Sleep deprivation may lead to overly optimistic thinking that fails to properly consider the potential consequences of financial risks, a new study suggests.
Duke University researchers assessed the effects of sleep deprivation on 29 adult volunteers who were asked to take part in several economic decision-making tasks in the morning after a normal night of sleep and again one morning after a night of sleep deprivation.
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