MindCraft Challenge #31
Michael Scullin is a psychology professor and sleep researcher. He decided to help his students sleep during finals week by offering extra credit for averaging more than 8 hours of sleep each night during the final exam week. His challenge worked! The students reported getting more sleep each night and scored higher on their exams than students who opted out or tried the challenge but didn't succeed (even after controlling for their performance in the class before the challenge).
Challenge: Try the eight-hour sleep challenge for a week. Because the offer of a reward was an important part of the challenge, I will provide 25 XP for any student who successfully completes the 8-hour sleep challenge and reports it in a MindCraft report. Your report will need to document the amount of time you slept each night for a week, and you must average 8 hours or more per night. This will require some time management!
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Scullin’s 8-hour sleep challenge
https://doi.org/10.1177/0098628318816142
Consistent sleep predicts academic performance, not sleep the night before a test
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-019-0055-z