Why a Bad Night’s Sleep Makes it Harder to Focus
By Robert Rosenberg, DO
You know how your brain acts when you’re tired: it’s hard to remember things and your thoughts are sluggish. Sleep deprivation strongly impairs memory and learning, and research confirms this (though the actual mechanism causing these deficits has escaped detection). However, a recent study done on persons with sleep apnea may provides some much-needed answers as to why.
http://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/robert-rosenberg-sleep-answers/sleep-and-cortisol/
