Inside Fatigue Science

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Do you know how tired you are?

In a recent Psychology Today article, Mark Wolverton, suggests that when it comes to sleep deprivation, the gravest danger is "that we no longer realize just how tired we are".
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The sleep pod predicament

We know that napping is important for shift workers like nurses and airline employees, but in an office environment not intended to be a 24/7 workplace – are nap rooms and pods solving or creating a problem?
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Don’t think you need sleep? What if we told you it boosts brain cell numbers

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin believe they have discovered a new reason why we need to sleep – it replenishes your brain cells.
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New Swedish research on the relationship between sleep and fatigue is misleading and may be harmful

New Swedish research conducted by the Stress Research Institute of Stockholm University, found that there may be little-to-no relation between how much sleep people get at night and how fatigued they feel.