Why Crunch Mode Doesn’t Work: 6 Lessons
“In the short term, working over 21 hours continuously is equivalent to being legally drunk. Longer periods of continuous work drastically reduce cognitive function and increase the chance of catastrophic error. In both the short- and long-term, reducing sleep hours as little as one hour nightly can result in a severe decrease in cognitive ability, sometimes without workers perceiving the decrease.”
Definitely worth reading.
June 7th, 2005 at 3:42 pm
BTW, I really like that older research is utilized here. Humans are humans and much of this material is still quite valid. There is something to be said about the value of old research and old content.