Tag: Sleep

Sleepless in America: Mapping U.S. Sleep Deprivation Patterns

Group Members: Jennifer Joseph, Kejsi Metko, Nana Boateng This project explores how sleep deprivation varies across the United States.  Using CDC data, we were able to create some…

Sleep Deprivation v. Memory in Students

Group Members: Tracie Mok, Yune Aein Students, college students in particular, skip a couple hours of sleep each night to keep up with academic expectations and responsibilities outside…

Consequences of Sleep Deprivation

Exploring the prevalence of sleep deprivation in Macaulay Honors College students and identifying subsequent physical, mental, and social consequences.

The Straight A Student Counts Sheep: Quantity of Sleep and Effects on Academic Performance

Our project focuses on how much sleep can have an affect on one’s academic performance. As students, we have deadlines to complete. However, even with these set deadlines, it can be difficult to manage your time when it comes to school assignments and other personal matters in order to have work done on time: thus, people begin to spend more time doing work and less time sleeping. We wanted to research how lack of sleep can effect our ability to concentrate and also other factors when it comes to learning within the classroom.