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Reveals the Mystery of Sleep

In one episode which played on cable, Law and Order: Special Victim Unit, there were cases of killings in high schools specifically for gifted children.

Through various interviews and collection of evidence, known to the murderer is the victim in the dorm roommate, a fellow student talent. Perpetrators on trial in youth court that his sentence is lighter because it proved the influence of drugs that interfere with sleep patterns.

Drugs that can help students resist learning. He was able to sleep for days without completing the task of essays, reading and training, and even analyze the game of chess. Sarah Hyland who play beautiful as Jennifer Banks-the-killer show sleep deprivation typical reaction: anxiety, excessive sensitivity.

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In the real world, the reaction of this sleep deprivation has a lot to prove. One of the phenomenal is when Randy Gardner (17) broke the record did not sleep for 264 hours (11 days) at the end of 1963.

According to William Dement observations, researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA, Gardner is constantly changing mood, memory and lost his concentration, coordination and ability to speak is interrupted, as well as hallucinations.

Indeed, sleep is not a trivial issue. There have been many accidents and crimes occur because of this sleep disorder. The National Sleep Research Project noted, the shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986 that killed all seven astronauts triggered by a technical error because of the mechanical lack of sleep.

Similar causes lead to the explosion of one reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor (1986), which spread radioactive contamination up to Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.

Karamnya tanker Exxon Valdez hit a reef in the waters after Alaska (1989) also associated with concentration problems. The vessel spilled 41.8 million liters of crude oil and polluting the coastline of 2080 kilometers.

However, as written Newscientist, until now no one knows how long humans can survive without sleep. To be sure, the condition without sleep could be fatal. Experiments in laboratory rats constantly forced to wake up finally died after two weeks. This time is much shorter when compared to rats which had been left to die of starvation.

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