This sleep deprivation has serious health and cognitive consequences. According to sleep experts, this is dangerous behavior.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine's (AASM) officially recommends at least seven hours of sleep for adults aged 18 to 60, same with the National Sleep Foundation. Both are aimed at preventing the risks associated with chronic sleep deprivation, including obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and stroke."
Huffpost summarizes several studies on the cognitive impairment of sleep deprivation:
"A 2007 study from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Medical School used brain scans to show that emotional centers of the brain were 60 percent more reactive in individuals who were sleep-deprived compared with individuals who had a normal night of sleep.
Some might say that starting a 3 a.m. Twitter war qualify as an emotional response:
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