Social beings suffer from lack of sleep

November 2, 2010

“It’s my party and I’ll suffer more from lack of zzz’s if I want to. Or even if I don’t want to.”

Alright, that’s not how that song goes but it’s what came to mind when reading about a new study from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. The researchers found that social butterflies don’t perform as well as introverts after limited sleep time in terms of alertness, suggesting that the socializing taxes our brains in such a way that we need to snooze to get back up to speed.

A good enough reason to sleep in after your next party…

P.S. Social butterflies need great invites for all their chic get-togethers. Loving the modern stationery, such as the invite above from minted.com.

Filed under: Healthy Swellness

Tags: extrovert, introvert, sleep, social, stationery