Lack of sleep impairs prosocial brain networks (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Lack of sleep impairs prosocial brain networks

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A new study by UC Berkeley scientists shows how sleep loss dramatically reduced the desire to help others, triggered by a breakdown in the activity of key prosocial brain networks.

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Eti Ben Simon and Matthew Walker, UC Berkeley

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