We all wake up on the wrong side of the bed sometimes. But while most of us acknowledge that sleep deprivation alters our mood, a new study in PLOS Biology shows that the shortage of sleep also diminishes our desire to support the people around us.
Sleep is known to have a huge impact on our minds, with an abundance of studies showing that inadequate sleep can control our mood and can contribute to a variety of mental health issues, including depression and anxiety disorders.
But is that all that sleep deprivation does? A team of psychologists from University of California Berkeley’s Center for Human Sleep Science have found that a lack of sleep alters much more than your mood. It also decreases your desire to help others. Expanding on an earlier paper showing that sleep deprivation encourages people to isolate themselves, this new study strengthens the broader theory that ...
