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How children's sleep affects their health and well being.
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Sleep deprivation affects the way we interpret emotional cues

By Dennis Rosen, M.D. on March 2, 2010 in Sleeping Angels

A new study published in the March issue of the journal SLEEP* has found that sleep deprivation interferes with people's ability to distinguish between the facial expressions of others, specifically to determine whether they are happy or angry.
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Dennis Rosen, M.D.

Dennis Rosen, M.D., is a pediatric sleep specialist who practices at Children's Hospital Boston.

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