It's commonly understood that sleep quality can affect your overall health and has the potential to affect your productivity. I'm sure there are studies that cover this sort of thing in the workplace, but there are also studies done on sleep in relation to learning and education.
For example, in a study called
Sleep quality, sleep propensity and academic performance, from 2004, results were obtained from 414 students.
Notice a few things that they concluded, the first of which might be surprising:
"In the total sample, neither sleep propensity nor sleep quality correlated with GPA or introductory psychology grades."
But then there's the kicker:
"However, among students carrying a full course load, those reporting poor sleep quality performed less well on academic measures than those reporting a better quality of sleep."
Anecdotally, I think we can all agree that poor sleep over a short period of time is manageable. But eventually it catches up to us and this sort of finding agrees with our own experiences in this area.
Now on to this week's hand-picked productivity links!
