Sleep Affects IQ
Sleep Disorders Can Impair Children’s IQs As Much As Lead Exposure
UVa researchers have been studying sleep disturbances in children with enlarged tonsils and adenoids for the past seven years. In a recent study, they discovered that youngsters who snore nightly scored significantly lower on vocabulary tests than those who snore less often.
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According to Dr. Suratt, the vocabulary differences associated with nightly snoring are equivalent to the IQ dissimilarities attributed to lead exposure. “Studies show that, even at nontoxic levels, lead exposure can reduce a child’s IQ by more than seven points,” he notes.
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In a series of studies involving six to twelve-year-olds, researchers have been piecing together a list of risk indicators. So far, snoring frequency combined with sleep lab results have proven to be the most reliable predictors of intellectual impairment and behavioral problems. Sleep duration and race appear to be important risk factors, too.
This study only shows correlation but when combined with research showing the importance of sleep for consolidating memories the story becomes interesting. Perhaps treatments that improve sleep quality will increase IQ?
I guess this means if I hadn’t had/have such severe sleeping problems I would be able to WARP THE LAWS OF PHYSICS WITH THE POWER OF MY MIND. But seriously, as bad as lead? That’s surprising.
Is the effect cumulative? Would treating an adult’s sleeping disorder raise his IQ, or is it too late?
Good Night Sleep
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Lack of sleep can result in stress, lack of concentration, moodiness, memory loss, lower motivation and fatigue. It is important to get a good night sleep otherwise it may lead to different sleep disorders. More than eighty percent of people suffering from depression are suffering with sleep problems.
At present, one of the most common problems is Sleep deprivation. In fact the Better Sleep Council surveyed a thousand adult respondents and discovered that more than 30% of them confessed to not getting enough sleep each night.
Sleep Learning.
It is proven that chronic sleep problems affect 40 million Americans every year and an average of 20 million to 30 million individuals will lose sleep on an occasional basis according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Compound this with the knowledge that 22 million American citizens work night shifts or swing shifts, which causes many disruptions with the body?s normal cycles in terms of sleep considerations.
So how you will you get a good night sleep??? Here are 101 ways?.
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