Stress and the City. A new international study shows that two distinct brain regions that regulate emotion and stress are affected by city living. Being born and raised in a major urban area is associated with greater lifetime risk for anxiety and mood disorders. (Nature, 2011; 474(7352):498) Read more.
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Sleep deprivation reduces cognitive performance, which affects worker productivity and may lead to errors and mistakes. Sleep deprivation has been implicated as a causative factor in some of the most catastrophic disasters in recent years. Sleep loss and sleep-related performance impairment were implicated in the 1986 tragedy of the chemical plant in Bhopal, India, the nuclear reactor meltdowns at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, and the Exxon Valdez disaster.