Irregular sleep/wake patterns are associated with poorer academic performance and delayed circadian and sleep/wake timing

The association of irregular sleep schedules with circadian timing and academic performance has not been systematically examined. We studied 61 undergraduates for 30 days using sleep diaries, and quantified sleep regularity using a novel metric, the sleep regularity index (SRI). In the most and leas...

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Main Authors: Phillips, Andrew J. K., Clerx, William M., O’Brien, Conor S., Sano, Akane, Barger, Laura K., Picard, Rosalind W., Lockley, Steven W., Klerman, Elizabeth B., Czeisler, Charles A.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113615
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-0022
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4484-8946