A new study suggest that professional athletes in the National Basketball Association may score fewer points and snag fewer rebounds the day after late-night activity on Twitter.
Sleep researchers had to studied game performance to understand how late-night social media use and sleep deprivation might affect occupational and physical performance the following day.
“Most of us have these devices in our bedrooms and beds, and they interfere with our bedtime routines, keep us up at night and reduce our sleep quality,” said Lauren Hale of Stony Brook University in New York.
“Maybe the player already knew they weren’t going to play much, and that’s why they stayed up late the night before the game,” Hale said.
“We all need to sleep well and function during the day,” Hale said. “This (study in pro athletes) was a way to look at sleep and functioning in a way that speaks to a broader audience.”
“It’s also crucial to examine the association between the late-night use of different social media and accidents the following day among everyday citizens,” said sleep researcher Mohamed Arbi Mejri of the National Center of Medicine and Science in Sports in Tunis, Tunisia.
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