This is based on a research subject who stayed awake for 11 days without the use of coffee or any medication. Sleep deprivation is often used as a torture technique. Here's why.
1) Tired brains have to work harder to pump energy into the prefrontal cortex.
2) Simple tasks like dialing a phone number become impossible because of short term memory loss.
3) Long term memory becomes impaired because the brains integrates/stores memory as experience while sleeping.
4) A tired brain can't focus or keep attention on any one thing; a tired brain is a scattered brain.
5) A tired brain can't plan or make decisions.
6) Automatic systems (habits) become repetitive which is fine if your habits are all good ones, not so good if you are trying to quit smoking or eating junk food.
7) A sleep deprived person takes more risks because a tired brain does not remember consequences or make easy decisions (see # 5)
8) When mice were studied with prolonged sleep deprivation, it showed that they had lost up to 25% of their brain cells.
9) Sleep deprivation can cuase aggression, paranoia, hallucination, mania.
10) Driving while sleep deprived is more dangerous than driving while intoxicated; this is why professional drivers (bus drivers, etc) are banned from working if they have untreated sleep apnea).
1) Tired brains have to work harder to pump energy into the prefrontal cortex.
2) Simple tasks like dialing a phone number become impossible because of short term memory loss.
3) Long term memory becomes impaired because the brains integrates/stores memory as experience while sleeping.
4) A tired brain can't focus or keep attention on any one thing; a tired brain is a scattered brain.
5) A tired brain can't plan or make decisions.
6) Automatic systems (habits) become repetitive which is fine if your habits are all good ones, not so good if you are trying to quit smoking or eating junk food.
7) A sleep deprived person takes more risks because a tired brain does not remember consequences or make easy decisions (see # 5)
8) When mice were studied with prolonged sleep deprivation, it showed that they had lost up to 25% of their brain cells.
9) Sleep deprivation can cuase aggression, paranoia, hallucination, mania.
10) Driving while sleep deprived is more dangerous than driving while intoxicated; this is why professional drivers (bus drivers, etc) are banned from working if they have untreated sleep apnea).
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