When you don’t get enough good quality sleep, you may feel a little dazed and confused. This is partly due to decreased signaling across your brain, diminishing functions like movement, mood, attention, and memory. Over multiple sleepless nights, sleep deprivation reduces your ability to form long-term memories and makes it harder for your brain to dispose of waste products.
Storyboard and animation produced by Midnight Snacks for BrainFacts.org.
Scripting by Chia-Yi Hou.
Editorial Production by Tristan Rivera and Juliet M. Beverly.
Scientific Review by Christopher A Zimmerman.