{"id":3258,"date":"2022-05-23T06:15:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T06:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scientificasia.org\/?p=3258"},"modified":"2022-05-23T06:15:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T06:15:42","slug":"sleep-deprivation-can-change-your-perception-of-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scientificasia.org\/index.php\/2022\/05\/23\/sleep-deprivation-can-change-your-perception-of-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep deprivation can change your perception of others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Being tired changes a lot about us \u2013 it might make our face puffy; our food cravings soar and our coffee addiction even more apparent. A lack of sleep doesn\u2019t only turn us into physical zombies though, it can change the way we feel about the people around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s according to a new study published in the Nature and Science of Sleep journal, that looked into how sleepiness impacts our perception of others. To do that, researchers analyzed participants\u2019 eye movements after both a sleepless night and an eight-hour sleep to see how they would explore and evaluate happy, fearful, angry, and neutral faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sleep deprivation can change your perception of others\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6zGsMMdyoog?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They found that young adults when sleep-deprived evaluate angry faces as less trustworthy and healthy-looking. Furthermore, neutral and fearful faces appear less attractive following sleep loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This \u201cindicates that sleep loss is associated with more negative social impressions of others. This could result in less motivation to interact socially,\u201d says senior author Christian Benedict, Associate Professor of Neuroscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5222637924397992\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5222637924397992\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1054784925\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>While you might not be regularly missing entire nights of sleep, it\u2019s a reminder that we aren\u2019t ourselves when we\u2019re tired. It\u2019s probably best to avoid staring too intently at people\u2019s faces to counteract our natural lack of fixation, but it\u2019s worth thinking about what people mean before misreading their faces when you\u2019re tired. It might save you an argument or the inner turmoil of thinking your friends and colleagues are all annoyed or repulsive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being tired changes a lot about us \u2013 it might make our face puffy; our food cravings soar and our coffee addiction even more apparent. A lack of sleep doesn\u2019t only turn us into physical zombies though, it can change the way we feel about the people around us. 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