Why You Space Out after Insufficient Sleep (VIDEO)

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

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UCLA neuroscientist Dr. Itzhak Fried explains how lack of sleep sabotages brain cells’ ability to communicate with each other, leading to mental lapses that affect memory and visual perception.

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