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= Effects of sleep deprivation on college students = Sleep and getting an adequate amount of sleep is essential to the body and it's daily functions.

Undergraduate and graduate college students have many responsibilities that range from academics, to work, to social life that get in the way of normal sleep schedule.

In order for students to be successful in their academic pursuits, college students must face the obstacle of lack of sleep and sleep disorders that will negatively affect their performance in academics.

Biology
Sleep plays a vital role in the development of the human brain to perform daily bodily tasks and functions in order to maintain life.

Academic
It was proven that those students who were sleep deprived performed worse on tests and received lower scores than those college students who received the adequate amount of sleep per night.

Importance of Circadian Clocks
The Circadian Clock is a biochemical clock that cycles with a stable phase and is synchronized with solar time: the 24 hours in a day. The clock serves the purpose of observing the sleep and academic schedule of college students and if interfered, it will throw off one's proper sleep schedule and cause detrimental effects.