That all-night study strategy or paper writing may be taking away your edge in college.
From The Associated Press: A new survey says those who never study all night have slightly higher GPAs than those who do. A survey of 120 students at St. Lawrence University, a small liberal arts college in northern New York, found that students who have never pulled an all-nighter have average GPAs of 3.2, compared with 2.95 for those who have. The study, by assistant professor of psychology Pamela Thacher, is to be included in the January issue of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. “It’s not a big difference, but it’s pretty striking,” Thacher said. “I am primarily a sleep researcher, and I know nobody thinks clearly at 4 in the morning. You think you do, but you can’t.” A second study by Thacher, a clinical psychologist, had “extremely similar” results showing lower grades among the sleep skippers.
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