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Lack of sleep may cause anxiety by making us less adaptable to threats

Lack of sleep may cause anxiety by making us less adaptable to threatsWorldPing

People who were deprived of sleep overnight didn't seem to adapt to being in a potentially threatening space, which may help explain the link between a lack of shuteye and anxiety…

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