Missing a night of sleep isn’t uncommon but does affect you. How long an individual is awake affects sleepiness and consequently fatigue levels. The longer an individual has been awake, the poorer his/her performance.
Sleep is regulated by two body systems: sleep/wake homeostasis and the circadian biological clock. After a number of hours awake, alertness and performance levels begin to decrease, with long duty periods associated with higher levels of fatigue than shorter duty periods due to...
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