Study: Moderate amount of sleep is best
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Like so many other good things in life, sleep is best in moderation.
A new study from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that both short and long sleepers experienced greater cognitive decline than people who slept a moderate amount.
Researchers studied 100 participants around the age of 75, whose cognitive function was monitored for four and a half years.
If a person slept fewer than four and a half hours, their cognitive performance suffered.
That applied to people on the other end of the sleep spectrum as well.
If they slept more than about seven and a half hours, cognition declined.
According to the CDC, adults need to sleep at least seven hours a night.
School-age kids need about nine to 12 hours.