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For youth, is it worth sacrificing sleep for study?
Constant late-night cramming can affect memory and cause cognitive impairment.
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It is a common misconception that one can sacrifice sleep in order to study into the night and still obtain that top grade.
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Kenny Pang
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One of my patients, a student, told me recently: “I study at night because I think I focus better. But during the day I am so tired that I can’t seem to recall what I studied.”
Many parents and educators will be familiar with comments like this. The student, like many young people, had been burning the midnight oil studying because exams were coming up.
