Adolescents who lack sufficient sleep experience cognitive deficits like reduced attention span and impaired learning. Emotional consequences include increased anger, irritability, and difficulty regulating emotions due to underdeveloped prefrontal cortex functions. Sleep deprivation also leads to dangerous behaviors, such as risky driving and a reliance on caffeine for alertness. Chronic lack of sleep affects performance in school and everyday tasks, with microsleeps and lapses in reaction times posing serious safety risks.
Insufficient sleep in adolescents leads to cognitive and emotional impairments
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