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This Common Activity Is Reducing Your IQ, According to Research

June 26, 2019June 23, 2019 M. Hurn

Missing an hour of sleep turns a sixth grader’s brain into that of a fourth grader. The performance gap caused by an hour’s difference in sleep was bigger than the gap between a normal fourth-grader and a normal sixth-grader. Which … Continue reading This Common Activity Is Reducing Your IQ, According to Research

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Sleep Deprivation Causes Alzheimer’s Protein to Build up in the Brain

January 25, 2019 M. Hurn

Our brains, like everything else about our bodies, change as we age. But the changes that happen to the Alzheimer’s brain are not part of the normal aging process. Researchers have struggled to understand the underlying mechanisms that lead some … Continue reading Sleep Deprivation Causes Alzheimer’s Protein to Build up in the Brain