Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Oh for some sleep....

I think I've slept for only 3 hours in the past three days.... according to this site about sleep deprivation hosted by the Macalester's psych department: "Some of the subtle and most profound effects of sleep deprivation involve some aspect of cognition.  One experimenter distinguished between three types of psychological changes during sleep deprivation. These include psychoneurotic-like, schizophrenic-like, and paranoid-like reactions.  Each of these reactions includes a number of sub-symptoms. Psychoneurotic-like reactions include anxiety (e.g., not being able to sleep again, or fear of being harmed), psychomotor complaints (e.g., headaches, nausea, loss of appetite), and irritation. ...In one experiment, after about 40 hours of sleep deprivation all participants shoed some psychotic symptoms, though the severity of these symptoms varied considerably across participants." Psychotic eh? Well, not only did I finish the second of my three papers, I was able to learn posessive pronouns and conjugate them properly this morning when called upon.... avec ses cousines Isabelle et Chloé so HA!

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