Abstract: Increasingly it is recognized that sleep loss has
significant consequences for performance, health and well-being. Yet,
sleep deprivation is widely practiced, and many value wakefulness much
more than sleep. Recent discoveries in sleep deprivation research will
be discussed to understand this paradox.
Hans P.A. Van Dongen
Research Associate Professor of
Sleep and Chronobiology
Department of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
