David Colarusso

😴 ☕ Happy Sleep Deprivation Monday to all who celebrate!

Premised on the belief that no one gets a full night's sleep after changing the clocks, social scientists use this natural experiment to test the effects of sleep deprivation. ;)

See 🧵 for some examples. 👇

Mar 9 at 1:13pmWeb
Show threadDavid ColarussoMar 9

Here's a Google Scholar search showing papers studying the effect of sleep deprivation on a bunch of stuff: e.g., tired judges giving harsher sentences;¹ increases in fatal car accidents;² etc.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C22&as_vis=1&q=sleep+deprivation+daylight+saving&btnG=

Google Scholar

Show threadDavid ColarussoMar 9
FN1: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797616678437?casa_token=gpZCd9336C4AAAAA%3Akn-ynn6bA95Nbbi7Qb6PI1bJxPCvv0HvHAR8kc-6nfB-qFDWrHvae7CJfTH-EYJb75g7wuPBf90l1A&journalCode=pssa (tired judges giving harsher sentences)
Show threadDavid ColarussoMar 9
FN2: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389945700000320?casa_token=c_mG85K0XfgAAAAA:8QLH1yt2dhCpncoWmjHkJOGzdKwby6bO8Se-J_vOMswaFte8UqLfAi9XiLkcwOOMX5e7PaKi_VQ (increases in fatal car accidents)