Alone

Sensory deprivation is now being used as a weapon. What is sensory deprivation? Sensory deprivation is the intentional removal of stimuli affecting one or all of the five human senses. Living without one of your senses can affect who you are. In this video we saw how scientists gathered individuals for an experiment. This experiment consisted of isolating these subjects in a small room for 48 hours. Before the isolation took place, they practiced some tests in these people and tested their skills involving their different senses. They computed the results and proceeded by putting them inside a dark room with no sound at all. During this 48 hour period, there were cameras inside the different rooms for the scientists to see their actions and how they changed during the process. I was surprised to see that after a day, the subjects started hallucinating and hearing sounds that were not there. They started talking to themselves and walking around the room. After the two day were over, a scientist took them out of the room and did the same tests on them they had done before the isolation. The results were worse. Their conclusion was that people who are/were isolated will loose some brain capacity, reduction in ability of abstract and fluid language. People who are outgoing will suffer more than people who enjoy spending time by their selves. I personally did not know that if you were isolated your brain would be damaged and this experiment was a new learning experience.

picture: http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/total_isolation_sensory_deprivation.bmp