There is no denying the importance of sleep. After some initial research on sleep deprivation and false confessions, my students at Michigan State University's Sleep and Learning Lab and I wanted to see what interventions could reverse the negative effects of sleep deprivation. We had participants perform various cognitive tasks in the evening before we randomly assigned them to either …
While family dramas tackling drug addiction tend to deal with parents grappling with what’s best for their afflicted teens — “Beautiful Boy” and “Ben Is Back” among recent examples — “Stay Awake” perceptively flips the script. As presented from the vantage point of a pair of small-town brothers who selflessly serve as caregivers for their opioid-dependent mother, writer-director Jamie Sisley’s …
