Sensory Deprivation and It's Affect on the Brain

A very controversial experiment to test sensory deprivation was conducted using g regular normal people and depriving them for 48 hours in a bunk. They tested them for a series of areas in the brain and basic functions before they entered. Some tests were of memory, info processing, verbal fluency and subject. Stimulation is what helps and exercises the brain connections to improve the brain function. After 18 hours of the subjects inside they became to get disorientated and lost track of time. 24 hour through them started erupting upset behaviors. Their brain started to slow down as time passes with no stimulation and it starts to lose some brain connections. When they reach 30 hours they became pacing up and down their bunk. This is a natural response toward their deprivation which is a way for the body and brain to do something. As the clock ticks the subjects begin to struggle with getting distracted this results in the bran occupying itself with imagination. They start imaging and hallucinating things. These hallucinations are not only visual but they can also hear things. They do not control what they imagine but it is an immediate reaction of the brain from the deprivation. After 48 hours the experiment is complete and the subjects are released. They repeat the test given to at the beginning and the results decrease immensely. Their abilities are diminished and they have become much worse. When they go out they began appreciating more the little details around them. This experiments helped scientist observed the frangibility of the brain when humans are left truly alone.