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"  Getting too much sleep might be holding you back at work. No, you didn&amp;#039;t read that wrong. New research found that, despite what you&amp;#039;ve heard, sleeping too much can have a negative effect on brain function. Scientists at the University of London discovered that about eight percent of people who consistently get more than the recommended amount of shut eye (six to eight hours) performed worse in a number of cognitive tests, according to an article in The Daily Mail. And even scarier, regularly spending over eight hours a day sleeping can age your brain up to seven years. Yikes. We can&amp;#039;t say we&amp;#039;re totally shocked, though, since we&amp;#039;ve definitely noticed that on those rare days when we log nine or 10 hours of Zs, we often feel even more exhausted. So what&amp;#039;s the perfect number? The University of London researchers say seven since subjects who slept that much received &amp;quot;the highest score for every cognitive measure&amp;quot;, as explained in The Daily Mail. But another large-scale study out of the Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory at the Hospital at University of Pennsylvania found that the ideal amount is eight hours. According to an article about that study in the New York Times, subjects who got eight hours &amp;quot;hardly had any attention lapses and no cognitive declines&amp;quot;. Clearly, more research is needed, but it sounds like eight hours is the safest bet. Enough to be able to stay focused the next day, but not so much that you do long-term damage to your health. On average, how many hours of sleep do you get? Do you sometimes feel more tired after sleeping a lot? Is stress keeping you from getting a good night&amp;#039;s rest? You&amp;#039;ll definitely want to check out this article. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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