In the same Nature verbal-learning study, activity in the left temporal lobe, a classic language-processing area, decreased after sleep deprivation, even though better performance was associated with increased parietal-lobe activity.
Notes on verification
Directly confirmed by primary Nature study (Drummond et al., 2000) abstract and corroborated by an independent secondary review (Frontiers in Neurology/PMC).
Sources
- How does the brain catch up? - American Psychological Association (apa.org)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/35001068 (nature.com)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10688201/ (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3340569/ (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)