Sleepless and selfish: Lack of shuteye makes altruism go down the drain
Israeli sleep medicine experts have determined that a large number of adults and teens here get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep per night thanks to social media, TV, homework, etc.
A new study by UC Berkeley scientists shows how sleep loss dramatically reduced the desire to help others, triggered by a breakdown in the activity of key prosocial brain networks.(photo credit: ETI BEN SIMON AND MATTHEW WALKER/UC BERKELEY)ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICHUpdated:
