IELTS Reading main_idea Practice
The main point of paragraph E is that sleep deprivation leads to:
Question type: multiple choice · Difficulty: advanced
- A. a decrease in the ability to recall specific facts.
- B. an increase in rigid thinking and poor judgment.
- C. a better ability to handle emotionally charged situations.
- D. the involuntary consolidation of procedural memory.
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Paragraph E states that the sleep-deprived brain 'tends to revert to rigid, uncreative thinking patterns' and that 'Judgment and decision-making are also compromised.' It also mentions 'an increased propensity for risk-taking' and 'poorer and often more dangerous choices,' which directly supports the idea of poor judgment.