A lack of sleep doesn’t just make you tired–it changes how your brain works while you’re awake.
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Most of us have experienced this: You stayed up a bit too late the night before, and although your body turned up to work, your mind was elsewhere.
Blanking out during the day is common for the sleep-deprived, and now researchers have found out why it happens.
George Citroner reports on health and medicine, covering topics that include cancer, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions. He was awarded the Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence (MORE) award in 2020 for a story on osteoporosis risk in men.
