I need help with choosing tests for my science fair project its about "Sleep deprivation"?

Question

i need things that Sleep Deprivation affects
example:
Reaction time
Memory
ETC.

Answer 1

PS Edited.
I am sleep deprived to point of needing sticks to keep my eyes propped open. My canine daughter has chronic bronchial asthma. She coughs and hacks keeping me up trying to relax her and medicate her on schedule. It's been this way for about 8 weeks. Right now she is asleep and I am unable to go back to sleep. I'm a chronic sufferer of insomnia as well as having RLS (restless leg syndrome) and REM (rapid eye movement).

Cornell University
http://www.gannett.cornell.edu/top10Topics/sleep/
Scroll down to this excerpt in the 3rd paragraph for further information.
If you're like many undergraduate students and averaging only 6 hours of sleep a night, then you may be surprised to learn that you're sleep deprived!
Tips for Healthy Sleep
Sleep Disorders
http://www.gannett.cornell.edu/top10Topics/sleep/
Information Homepage
http://www.sleepnet.com/disorder.htm
Take a Sleep Test
http://www.sleepnet.com/sleeptest.html
Stanford University
Learning Problem Addressed by the Biology of Sleep:
http://ldt.stanford.edu/~lmalcolm/sleepsite/sleep.htm
Sleep Disorders
From About. Com
USE THE SUB LINKS TO THE LEFT SIDE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
http://sleepdisorders.about.com/od/treatmentofsleepapnea/a/research.htm
Essentials
Types of Sleep Disorders
Sleep Disorders - The Basics
Drug and Disease Resources
Take a Course
How To Index

You should find some valuable information in the above links.
Hope this helps

Answer 2

Check on the net or ask anyone that is in the military. They are all usually sleep deprived. Sleep deprivation is also is a major cause of truck driving accidents. Legally after 115 hours of no sleep a person is considered legally insane.I hope that helps.

Answer 3

Start with a DC battery as the voltage source. Then cut off equal lengths of various kinds of wire. Get a variety of materials, gauges (diameter size), and styles for good comparisons. If you have an ammeter, hook it up thusly... +-----------| |---- - Where the + and - are the two poles of the battery, the | | is the ammeter, and the longer --------- is each test wire. Read off the ammeter values, which indicate the current in amperes. The higher readings show the wires that conduct the most electricity. Simple DC ammeters are pretty cheap; so buying one should not be a big issue. Get a large DC battery; so its voltage does not vary much from wire to wire. The smaller ones will fade through usage faster. An automobile battery, 12 volts, would be perfect.

Answer 4

If you want factors, there are many. Please look at http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic444.htm, http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/32/6/749, and http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/507443. If you really want, go find a 'sleep lab' near you and ask if you can sit in one night or something and watch.

The factors you listed are things you can only measure on a physical basis and not one you can measure when they sleep. You really need an overnight sleep study done to find out if they are lacking REM sleep (deep sleep) which affects memory retention, moods, high blood pressure, and heart problems. All of these things need to be measure in a long term basis for it to have real effect. It can lead to smoking and drinking: http://www.sleepdisordersguide.com/blog/sleep-deprivation/sleep-deprivation-can-lead-to-smoking-drinking/,

Here are the economic costs: http://www.speakout.com/activism/news/5761-1.html.

I suggest that you focus on one aspect of sleep for example, how much sleep deprivation is equvalent to alcohol: http://www.news-medical.net/?id=15350. It has more punch to it and it'll probably attract more interest to your project. Good luck.

Answer 5

dude... i did that exact same thing for the science fair last year! biter... just kidding! haha there's memory tests online... take them before and after you do the experiment... and talk about how you eventually lose focus. i read this hecka interesting essay that said that when you dont sleep enough your brain actually goes to sleep when you're... awake. [when you're mind suddenly goes blank, that's what that is.] also, i forget what it was, either long term or short term memory becomes better during sleep deprivation. but dont take my word for it... try it yourself! lol.