Short on sleep, brain optimistically favors long odds

Sleep deprivation can lead to plenty of unwise decisions, which researchers have long tied to flagging attention and short-term memory . But a new study shows how just one night of missed sleep can make people more likely to chase big gains while risking even larger losses–independent of their tapering attention spans. [More]

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Short on sleep, brain optimistically favors long odds