We’ve all heard industry leaders recite startup tales of heroic all-nighters that span multiple days in order to make their deadline.

Are all-nighter’s ok in a crunch? How important is sleep? What does the science say about it?

References:

2003 Belenky sleep study:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-2869.2003.00337.x

Sleep Deprivation & Impulse Control:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6352167_Effects_of_sleep_deprivation_on_impulsive_behaviors_in_men_and_women

Sleep Deprivation & Increased Risk of Dimentia:
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/lack-sleep-middle-age-may-increase-dementia-risk

Sleep & Mental Health:
https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/sleep-and-mental-health

Sleep Deprivation & Cognitive Performance:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656292/

Poor Sleep & Workplace Productivity:
https://journals.lww.com/joem/Abstract/2010/01000/The_Cost_of_Poor_Sleep__Workplace_Productivity.13.aspx

Sleep & Emotion Processing:
https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fa0016570

Sleep Deprivation & Work Performance:
https://www.hult.edu/blog/how-sleep-deprivation-affects-work-and-performance/

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