According to a Brisbane researcher, sleep deprivation is turning people into zombies as a result of an increasingly stressed and technological lifestyle.

Queensland biologist Dr Bruno van Swinderen says that without the REM or “dream sleep” we need, we’re becoming emotionless, just like zombies are.

Swinderen says one of the main culprits of the issue includes stress and screen exposure, and is recommending that our brains need to “go offline” from these technological connections and .redcucw our hectic lifestyles