Posted on Dec 27, 2017
The Haunting Effects Of Going Days Without Sleep
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At 2:00 in the morning on January 8th, 1964, Randy broke the world record. He had gone 11 days, 264 hours, without drifting off. There was only one way to celebrate. He was whisked off to a Naval Hospital where researchers attached electrodes to his head to monitor his brain waves, and he went to sleep.
The Haunting Effects Of Going Days Without Sleep
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Mental Health
Psychology
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I've read about that, it can actually cause some pretty seriously deleterious effects, neurologically and/or physiologically, from what I've read...11 days? Wow....
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The Boy Who Stayed Awake For Eleven Days, Witness - BBC World Service
California high school student Randy Gardner set a world record in 1964.
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