Randy Gardner Exposed The Dark Truth About Sleep Deprivation.
At 17 years of age, Randy Gardner became one of the pioneers in sleep deprivation experiments, pushing human endurance to its limits. 11 days and 25 minutes without sleep revealed quite astonishing physical and mental cost of sleep deprivation and its underlying effects. Documented under expert supervision, his case is an outstanding reminder of the critical role that sleep has in maintaining general health and cognitive functions. This is the full story: 🧵 In December 1963, at just 17 years old, Randy Gardner embarked on a sleep deprivation experiment. (For the so-called high school science project.) The goal? The aim was to test the effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive function and explore how the lack of sleep impacts the brain and its functions, particularly in the areas of memory, concentration, and other areas of mental performance.