When you’re short on sleep and your focus suddenly drifts, your brain may be briefly slipping into cleanup mode. Scientists ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say short lapses in attention after poor sleep owe to sudden ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIT study reveals how sleep deprivation causes your brain to flush itself clean while you’re awake, disrupting focus and ...

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More than good old fashioned beauty sleep! Source: iStock / Getty, with permission Although our brains comprise only 2 percent of our overall body weight, they consume roughly 20 percent of our daily ...

MIT study reveals how sleep deprivation causes your brain to flush itself clean while you’re awake, disrupting focus and coordination. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Everything’s a little off when you haven’t ...