Finding: Not sleeping one night changes our everyday desires.
Question: For whom? Does it work the same way for everyone? Just because desires change, does that mean I will actually behave differently?
Credit for this wonderful write-up goes to Vi Le, a volunteer and student at the University of Maryland.
Citation: Axelsson, J., Ingre, M., Kecklund, G., Lekander, M., Wright Jr, K. P., & Sundelin, T. (2020). Sleepiness as motivation: a potential mechanism for how sleep deprivation affects behavior. Sleep, 43(6), zsz291. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsz291
