All you who don't like hearing about stuff I'm learning in school should skip this post. I'm learning about the psychology and evolutionary reasons behind sleep and found this bit of information interesting:
"Complete sleep deprivation in rats results in breakdown of various bodily tissues, leading, within about 3 weeks, to death."
It's true! You can die from no sleep. I thought it would take longer than that though. Poor rats, that would be one horrible way to die.
2 comments:
There are a lot of students in my 7 AM class who are not in any danger of dying from lack of sleep. They sleep just fine sitting straight up in their chair. Mouth open and drooling.
Umm...sorry about that Penny.
~M
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