Sleep and Performance - Yale Medicine Explains

For more information on sleep or #YaleMedicine, visit: https://www.yalemedicine.org/departme... Dr. Zinchuk explains that sleep deprivation adversely affects your attention, response times, memory, critical thinking, decision-making, ability to read emotions, and can result in incorrect conclusions and errors. 0:00 Introduction 0:22 How does sleep affect cognition? 1:06 How does sleep affect emotions? 1:38 Are these effects cumulative? 2:18 Are we aware of these effects on our performance? 2:40 What can help with acute sleep deprivation? 3:23 What role does caffeine play? 5:03 What is the takeaway?