Psychology / Unit 3 Psych 0303 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Sleep Debt
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The idea
Sleep debt is the accumulated shortfall between the sleep a person needs and the sleep they obtain.
In practice
Six hours a night across a workweek produces a shortfall that a long Saturday does not fully repay.
Where people slip
Sleep debt accumulates faster than it is repaid, and self-rated alertness recovers before performance does.
Your place on the trail
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