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MOST studies of the psychological consequences of sleep have been concerned with the way in which sleep deprivation decreases performance1,2. Little has been done to discover the relationship between extended sleep and performance. It may therefore be of interest to describe a study in which unnaturally extended sleep has been found to be followed by decreased performance in certain tasks.
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TAUB, J., GLOBUS, G., PHOEBUS, E. et al. Extended Sleep and Performance. Nature 233, 142–143 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233142a0
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