[Basic] Advantage of the Week (#42): Doesn't Sleep, Less Sleep

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by Bruno

Sleeps (known) primary function is as a cleanup and repair system, of the body and of the brain. You can't proactively repair things that haven't happened yet, any more than you can show up in the ER to get gunshot wounds you haven't received yet fixed.

While that's common sense, I've read some study or other where the actual performance tests show that it is possible to bank up some leeway even when not chronically sleep deprived.