Sleep Deprivation Disrupts Brain Function and Focus, Study Finds
TL;DR
A study from MIT reveals that zoning out may be the brain's way of performing maintenance by increasing cerebrospinal fluid flow, especially when sleep-deprived, which temporarily impairs attention but helps clear waste products from the brain.
- Zoning Out May Be Your Brain's Rinse Cycle, Study Finds ScienceAlert
- This is your brain without sleep MIT News
- Scans shed light on changes in brain when we zone out while tired The Guardian
- Attentional failures after sleep deprivation are locked to joint neurovascular, pupil and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics Nature
- Can't focus after a bad night's sleep? Your dirty brain is to blame New Scientist
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