Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Sleep loss, learning capacity and academic performance.

Giuseppe Curcio1, Michele Ferrara, Luigi De Gennaro

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. giuseppe.curcio@uniroma1.it

Sleep Medicine Reviews
|March 28, 2006
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

<i>Vitreoscilla filiformis</i> Supernatant: A Novel Postbiotic Secretome for the Prevention and Treatment of Wound Infections.

Pharmaceutics·2026
Same author

Association of Prodromal Parkinson's Disease-Like Features in Long COVID With Dream-Enactment Behaviours.

Journal of sleep research·2026
Same author

Sleep disturbances and sensory processing and integration in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review.

Sleep medicine reviews·2026
Same author

Recent Advances in Sleep and Circadian Characteristics in Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review of the Last Five Years (2020-2025).

Nature and science of sleep·2026
Same author

Individual traits and experiences predict the content of dreams.

Communications psychology·2026
Same author

Endoscopic Assistance in Surgery for Insular Lesions: Anatomic Study and Clinical Application.

Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)·2026
Same journal

The misclassification of periodic limb movement disorder: A systematic review applying research diagnostic criteria.

Sleep medicine reviews·2026
Same journal

Letter to the editor: Attrition as a proxy for acceptability in digital CBTi: Conceptual limitations and methodological priorities.

Sleep medicine reviews·2026
Same journal

Association of media use with sleep of children and adolescents: an umbrella review.

Sleep medicine reviews·2026
Same journal

Beyond respiratory control in COMISA: Towards precision phenotyping in PAP-based therapies.

Sleep medicine reviews·2026
Same journal

The potential of clustering methods for pre-test triage in sleep medicine: A systematic review.

Sleep medicine reviews·2026
Same journal

Assessing the effects of non-invasive transcranial electrical stimulation (tACS and tDCS) on electrophysiological sleep parameters - a systematic review.

Sleep medicine reviews·2026
See all related articles

Student sleep deprivation significantly impairs learning and academic performance. Improving sleep quality and quantity enhances cognitive functions and school success, particularly impacting the prefrontal cortex.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Educational Psychology
  • Sleep Science

Background:

  • Growing evidence links sleep to learning and memory.
  • Student populations often experience chronic sleep deprivation and poor sleep quality.
  • Existing research includes correlational and experimental sleep manipulation studies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the impact of sleep deprivation on student learning ability.
  • To evaluate the effects of sleep on academic performance across educational levels.
  • To explore the neurocognitive consequences of sleep manipulation in students.

Main Methods:

  • Review of naturalistic correlational studies correlating sleep schedules with academic achievement.
  • Analysis of experimental studies involving active manipulation of sleep (restriction/optimization).

Related Experiment Videos

  • Examination of neurocognitive and behavioral outcomes related to sleep in students.

    • Main Results:

    • Students across educational levels report chronic sleep deprivation and daytime sleepiness.
    • Sleep quality and quantity are strongly associated with learning capacity and academic performance.
    • Sleep loss negatively affects declarative and procedural learning; sleep optimization improves performance.
    • Prefrontal cortex (PFC) vulnerability to sleep loss may explain observed effects.

    Conclusions:

    • Sleep deprivation is a critical factor affecting student learning and academic outcomes.
    • Targeted interventions to improve sleep can enhance neurocognitive and academic performance.
    • Further research is needed to address methodological limitations and explore future goals.