Dawson and Reid (1997) reported that staying awake for 24 hours produced cognitive impairment equivalent to a blood alcohol concentration of 0.10%.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by original Nature publication (Dawson & Reid, 1997) and consistently cited across multiple independent secondary sources in sleep and occupational health research.
Sources
- The impact of sleep deprivation on cognitive function in healthy adults (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/40775 (nature.com)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/13873962_Fatigue_alcohol_and_performance_impairment (researchgate.net)