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de la Iglesia, Horacio O Dunster, Gideon 2019-10-15T22:55:43Z 2019-10-15 2019 Dunster_washington_0250E_20769.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1773/44726 Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2019 There is a sleep deprivation epidemic in the United States, particularly amongst teens and young adults. During puberty, teens undergo biological changes to their circadian system that leads to a preference for later bedtimes and wake times. However, societal pressures for high school and college courses force these groups to wake early in the morning for classes. Caught between the biological drive for later bedtimes and social drive for early rise times, teens and young adults reduce their nightly sleep to unhealthy levels. Over time, sleep deprivation can have devastating effects ranging from unstable mood to impaired learning and memory. For my thesis, I examined the ways that sleep patterns affected lifestyle outcomes including academic performance, mood, daytime sleepiness, and other variables in two field studies of local populations: high school students from the Seattle School District and undergraduate students from the University of Washington. application/pdf en_US CC BY-NC-ND Academic Performance Circadian Rhythm High School Mood Sleep Undergraduate Neurosciences Biology Sleepless in Seattle: How Human Sleep Patterns Kept Me Up At Night Thesis Restrict to UW for 1 year -- then make Open Access 2020-10-14T22:55:43Z open.access