1. Periods and Functions of Sleep
... the following: firstly, that sleep brought on by continuous periods of wakefulness should produce cognitive and physiological disturbances. Secondly, such disturbances should become progressively worse as wakefulness continues and finally, the eventual cessation of deprivation should result in the individual experiencing an increase in sleep duration for the following night (Pinel, 1999). Support for this theory can be sourced ... from a case study examining the effects of sleep deprivation on Peter Tripp, who was subjected to a period of extended wakefulness and was therefore seemingly ...
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