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The science of sleep
When you close your eyes at the end of a long day, you may not give it much thought. But sleep is always on the minds of the world-renowned researchers at Washington State University’s Sleep and Performance Research Center.
Sleep is essential for productivity, health, and well-being. That much we know, but there is still much about sleep that we don’t know. Why do we need sleep? How does it work? How does sleep loss affect performance? Both in Spokane and Pullman, in the laboratory and out in the field, WSU researchers are working to find answers, collaborating across such disciplines as neuroscience, experimental psychology, mathematics, and others.
The implications of this research are profound. Adequate sleep is of vital importance to many activities that are at the core of modern society, such as military operations, long-distance trucking, air travel, health care, and law enforcement. When soldiers, truck drivers, airline pilots, doctors, and cops are well-rested on the job, everyone stands to gain.
Through groundbreaking work to manage fatigue in a 24/7
society, sleep research at WSU is contributing to a
more productive, healthier, and safer world.
