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From: Sandra Merlo
Date: 10 Oct 2012
Time: 19:41:56 -0500
Remote Name: 187.37.38.51
Hi Abby. I am glad you are enjoying your first fluency course! Yes, sleep deprivation and insomnia affect speech and cognition of everybody. The effects on cognition are well known, but we need more research about the effects of sleep deprivation and insomnia on speech and language. I think you may find this article interesting: “The tick-tock of language: is language processing sensitive to circadian rhythmicity and elevated sleep pressure?” (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19637054 Sandra