Sleep Deprivation Links
by Kate, Tyler, and Brian
The Effects of Sleep Deprivation
- On Emotion
- Studies illustrate a connection between sleep deprivation and susceptability
to emotional stressors. See Second Paragraph.
- On the Mind Physiologically
- The effects of sleep deprivation extend past emotional and mental deficiencies.
Sleep is essential to the maintenence of certain systems in the body. A basic examination
of the physiological effects of sleep deprivation is offered in one student's research
paper.
- Studies show that sleep deprivation changes the hormone levels in
the thyroid axis and that sleep deprived subjects, as a result, have to exert more effort to complete tasks.
- On Performance
- In an series of tests involving high school students, those subjects who had been deprived
of sleep showed considerable deficiencies in their performances on tests involving
reading comprehension, eye-hand coordination, and math (The differences between
reaction time were fairly insignificant). Data from the experiment.
Countermeasures to Sleep Deprivation
- Sleep Management
- Strategies for assuring restedness
- A General Guide to proper sleep patterns
- Pharmacological
This Lady's Thoughts on Sleep Deprivation