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Tuesday 16 February 2016
You’ll be less sensitive to negative emotions
Negative stimuli get processed by the amygdala; positive or neutral
memories gets processed by the hippocampus. Sleep deprivation hits the
hippocampus harder than the amygdala. The result is that sleep-deprived
people fail to recall pleasant memories, yet recall gloomy memories just
fine.
The BPS Research Digest explores another study that proves sleep affects our sensitivity to negative emotions.
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