Can You Fake Sleep?

2014-10-02

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If you were sleep deprived, could you just fake that you got more sleep the night before? Science has some interesting answers.

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References

Draganich, C., & Erdal, K. (2014). Placebo sleep affects cognitive functioning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Vol 40(3), 857-864. doi: 10.1037/a0035546

Progressive muscle relaxation: http://www.amsa.org/healingthehealer/musclerelaxation.cfm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_muscle_relaxation

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