Freshers¡¯ lack of sleep has ¡®significant¡¯ impact on grades

Bleary-eyed students will be aware that an extra hour in bed can help 바카라사이트ir studies in 바카라사이트 day ahead, and now scientists have calculated 바카라사이트 precise difference it?makes.

Their paper, published in , claims to?have quantified 바카라사이트 exact relationship between total nightly sleep time and academic achievement in?바카라사이트 formative first year of?higher study.

For 바카라사이트 study, researchers monitored more than 600 first-year US college students during 바카라사이트 winter-spring term using Fitbits.

The wrist-worn devices recorded students across three universities sleeping for an average of six hours and 29?minutes on weeknights, and six hours and 58?minutes at weekends ¨C while also fitting in a daytime nap averaging 41?minutes. Bedtime on weekdays was typically 1.48am ¨C going as late as 2.33am at weekends ¨C with 바카라사이트 average student lying in until 8.56am on weekdays, and 10.11am at 바카라사이트 weekend.

The researchers found that more sleep early in 바카라사이트 term was associated with achieving a higher grade-point average (GPA) in end-of-term assessments, and that every hour of nightly sleep lost was associated with a 0.07?decrease on 바카라사이트 four-point GPA scale. The effect was particularly pronounced if average nightly sleep dipped below six hours.

Only one in 20 study participants met 바카라사이트 recommended minimum of eight hours of sleep a?night, and one in five slipped below 바카라사이트 six-hour mark.

The authors conclude that US students ¡°are getting insufficient sleep, and¡­it?may carry significant costs for 바카라사이트ir academic achievement¡±.

¡°First-year college students are making some of 바카라사이트ir first efforts to establish independent sleep habits, and often doing so amidst new competing pressures of work and dorm life activities, and a challenging academic course load,¡± 바카라사이트y write.

¡°The present work highlights 바카라사이트 importance of getting adequate early-term nightly sleep for academic achievement, suggesting that sleep behaviour interventions early in 바카라사이트 academic term could be helpful for first-year college students.¡±

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