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Have you had enough sleep?
By Linda | August 29, 2008
Sleep scientists say that:
- recognition memory for faces is unaffected by sleep loss. A person who has not slept for as much as 35 hours can perform as well as someone who is not sleep deprived.
- the area of the brain that controls temporal memory can be affected by prolonged sleep loss and/or ageing. So the temporal recall of a healthy 65 year old who sleeps normally would be similar to that of a 20 year old who has gone without sleep for 36 hours
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