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Sleep deprivation impairs ability to interpret facial expressions

March 23, 2017 by

When you're tired, your ability to interpret subtle expressions of happiness and sadness can begin to deteriorate, researchers have found. However, the ability to read more primitive survival-based emotions, like anger and fear, remains intact.

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