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. [tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=single on Dawson and Reid (1997) Nature study on fatigue and alcohol-equivalent performance impairment (upstreams: Dawson, D. & Reid, K. (1997), Nature 388:235) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=attributed eligibility=high]
Sources
- The impact of sleep deprivation on cognitive function in healthy adults (seed:psychology_and_neuroscience)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/40775 (corroboration)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/13873962_Fatigue_alcohol_and_performance_impairment (corroboration)