A study published in the Journal of Sleep Research (Vol. 10, No. 2) in June 2001 found that sleep-deprived participants showed poorer performance, reduced activation in the left temporal region, and increased activation in prefrontal and parietal regions during a task combining arithmetic and verbal learning.
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