Why Sleep Deprivation Affects Us All Differently

Lose some sleep over the weekend, and you're likely to come into work Monday feeling a little off. Whether that's zoning out in a meeting, missing typos in an email or something more dangerous like drifting off at the wheel, sleep deprivation blunts our cognitive abilities. But it's not a level playing field. Some people turn into zombies if they don't get their eight hours, and others get by on just five or six hours a night. Experts have known about these variations for a long time and