After being up all night , men tend to overestimate the female "cues" they detect and think that women want to have sex with them even when they are not at all interested . On the contrary, women are not affected by having little rest when it comes to detecting whether or not someone is trying to flirt with them.
According to Jennifer Peszka, co-author of the research just published in SLEEP magazine, the data reveals that lack of sleep can have unexpected effects on perceptions related to relationships and sex , "which can lead to poor decisions. which we would not choose after a good night's rest. " Scientists attribute this to the fact that lack of sleep negatively affects an area of the brain known as the frontal lobe, causing us to make riskier decisions, take less morals into account, and feel more uninhibited.
