Conditional on this, cognition does not return to baseline levels after several months of sleep restriction: 78%
Does this mean you’re conditionally claiming that several months of sleep restriction results in permanent damage to cognitive faculties, irreversible even after long-term restoration of normal sleep?
No. (Thanks for pointing out that that’s not clear). My model is that moderate sleep restriction harms cognition the following a day, regardless of how many nights of it you’ve had before; I’m much more uncertain about whether it causes permanent damage to cognition.
Does this mean you’re conditionally claiming that several months of sleep restriction results in permanent damage to cognitive faculties, irreversible even after long-term restoration of normal sleep?
No. (Thanks for pointing out that that’s not clear). My model is that moderate sleep restriction harms cognition the following a day, regardless of how many nights of it you’ve had before; I’m much more uncertain about whether it causes permanent damage to cognition.
Thank you for clarifying!