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Moreover, losing just a few hours of sleep can create the same type of difficulty for the human brain in processing new information. A recent study found that those who got five or fewer hours of sleep on a single night were significantly more likely to say they saw a news video when they actually hadn't seen it. The study also found that subjects were more vulnerable to researchers' false suggestions when they had not slept more than five hours. Of the 193 subjects, those who had less than five hours of sleep included these suggestions in their answers 38% of the time (Frenda, Steven J, et al.). As a result, losing even just a few hours could be enough to get people to make peace