Lack of sleep might make people egotistical
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Researchers discovered that even a small lack of sleep, like an hour, could affect people"s willingness to assist others.
Sleep deprivation has been linked to behavioural changes in people, according to a recent study published in the journal PLOS Biology.
While it is common knowledge that sleep impacts many areas of health, such as skin, hair, and weight, a recent study from the University of California demonstrates that sleep deprivation can cause people to become egocentric.
To examine the "selfish" impacts and track changes in brain activity, researchers ran three investigations.
According to CNN, researchers discovered that even a small lack of sleep, like an hour, could affect people"s willingness to assist others.
According to them, losing sleep causes people to lose their "innate human goodness."
Who knew sleep deprivation could have such negative effects?
Researchers who examined a database of 3 million gifts to charities found a 10% decrease in funding after the implementation of Daylight Saving Time.
Researchers that compared the neural networks of people who had eight hours of sleep and those who hadn"t discovered that prosocial behavior-related brain regions were less active after sleep deprivation.
They also discovered that the quality of sleep matters even more than the quantity of it in a third study. As a result, both elements have an impact on social and emotional behaviour.
