STUDENT: Dennis Korski

ADVISOR: Dr. Renae McNair

ABSTRACT:

Sleep is a much needed attribute to daily life, and has so much to do with cognition and daily wake functioning. In light of this, sleep deprivation can be looked upon as a major problem within how it affects individual restoration of the body’s energy and decrease in cognitive functions (in this case academics). The main focus of this conceptual research paper is to further investigate the correlation between sleep deprivation and academic performance. From reviewing other peer reviewed articles and studies we hypothesize that H1: If lack of sleep affects cognition there will be a decrease overall in academic performance/attention and H2: If sleep deprivation is prevalent there will be a decrease in school activities/memory. The sample is composed from full-time undergraduate students (n=1,300) ages 18-25. These undergraduate students will take questionnaires regarding sleep and how it is affects them at the end of their class every 2 weeks for the collection of data. The expected results from this would be that individuals that get less sleep will be more likely to have a negative impact on their overall academics due to decrease in cognitive ability across the board. The implications of this study are to expand on knowledge of sleep deprivation and explain further on how it majorly impacts cognition and academics.

Additional Information or Comments:
The purpose of this study is to examine the correlation between sleep deprivation and how cognition/academic performance is in turn affected.