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Sleep Debt

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Sleep debt is the accumulated shortfall between the sleep a person needs and the sleep they obtain.

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Six hours a night across a workweek produces a shortfall that a long Saturday does not fully repay.

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Sleep debt accumulates faster than it is repaid, and self-rated alertness recovers before performance does.