Not Sleeping Enough? You Might Have False Memories

In The Young Turks on YouTube by Hlarson0 Comments

 

“Skimping on sleep wears down your body in so many ways: it worsens cognitive function, slows reaction time, and makes learning more difficult. (The list goes on and on: after reading our new feature about the power of sleep, you might just scare yourself sleepy.)”*

Researchers found a very disturbing link between getting too little sleep and creating false memories. This has major implications for eyewitness testimony and enhanced interrogations– can they be trusted? Should they have as much credence as they currently have in court?”* Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here:
http://time.com/3328149/sleep-deprivation-false-memories/

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