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sleep deprivation
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Noun1.sleep deprivation - a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep
torturing, torture - the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
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quot; Microsleeps may last for only a few seconds, although many episodes of narcolepsy result in longer periods of sleep.
Insomnia and Sleep Deprivation by Jerry Cahill / Food/cooking/nutrition community
As they try to fight through periods of fatigue, the human body, in an effort to rest, goes into microsleeps where a person literally falls asleep anywhere from 2 to 10 seconds at a time.
Police Fatigue: an accident waiting to happen by Lindsey, Dennis / The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Among the common consequences of a large sleep debt are attention lapses, reduced short-term memory capacity, impaired judgment, and the occurrence of microsleeps.
The real cost of sleep debt: inadequate sleep due to extended ... by Coren, Stanley / The Journal of Employee Assistance
 
 
 
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