So all those facts you memorized through the night might not even be there come test time in the morning. ![]() It’s during sleep that our recent memories are transferred to the neocortex to be solidified and stored. Not only does sleep-deprivation impair this mental “scratchpad,” it diminishes your long-term memory as well. Your working memory is called upon for complex tasks where you have to pay attention to one thing while holding a bunch of other things at the forefront of your mind. Sleep deprivation slows down the area of the brain responsible for concentration. The first tip in pulling an all-nighter is actually to avoid doing it whenever you can! Depriving yourself of sleep has all sorts of deleterious effects on your body and mind, including: All-Nighters: Avoid Them Whenever Possible In addition to their advice, we’ve provided tips from sleep experts and researchers. For these vets, staying awake through the night was a matter of life and death, but their tips apply equally well to the civilian who needs to plow through a work or school project. (They’ve asked that we only use their first names for purposes of anonymity). These men – who are all currently on staff at the BluCore Shooting Center in Denver, CO - served in the Navy SEALS, Green Berets, and the Army and Marine Infantries. To get a unique perspective on the ins and outs of pulling a successful all-nighter, we asked a group of former Soldiers, Marines, and Special Forces veterans to share the methods that got them through combat and a host of night-ops. But even the most organized student sometimes comes face-to-face with the fact that their paper is going to require more hours to complete than there are hours left in the day. Pulling an all-nighter isn’t the most healthy or desirable thing in the world (although it can actually produce feelings of euphoria), and doing so should be avoided whenever possible. Given the fact that I’m my own boss and don’t technically have any set “deadlines,” I don’t know if this makes me crazy, or dedicated, or maybe crazy dedicated. Even I’ve pulled a good number of all-nighters these last six years, writing up a blog post for the next day. ![]() ![]() But even older adults sometimes need to pull one - finishing up a work project or driving through the night. It’s kind of a rite of passage for college students, especially during finals.
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