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22.08.2018 |
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Sleep deprivation causes 'social leprosy'
More and more people are not sleeping enough, and as a result, we are becoming increasingly lonely. American psychologists, affiliated with the university of Berkeley, come to this conclusion after a series of experiments with human subjects. The psychologists discovered that people with a lack of sleep avoid contact with others and feel lonely. And at the same time people without sleep deprivation prefer to avoid contact with sleep-deprived individuals.
Study
In another experiment, the researchers asked the students how lonely they felt.
Results
You see below that the panel was less eager to interact with the undeclared students than with the students if they had had a good night. They also judged the students more lonely if they had not slept than after the students had had a good night's rest. And to top it all off, the panel judges felt lonelier themselves after watching an interview with an undeclared student than after they had seen an interview with a student who had slept normally.
Conclusion
"The less sleep you get, the less you want to socially interact. In turn, other people perceive you as more socially repulsive, further increasing the grave social-isolation impact of sleep loss. That vicious cycle may be a significant contributing factor to the public health crisis that is loneliness."
"This all bodes well if you sleep the necessary seven to nine hours a night, but not so well if you continue to short-change your sleep. On a positive note, just one night of good sleep makes you feel more outgoing and socially confident, and furthermore, will attract others to you."
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