When People Go Without Sleep for More Than 24 Hours

question 151

Multiple Choice

When people go without sleep for more than 24 hours in a row, how does their experience of sleepiness vary over time?

• A) It increases for a while and then becomes constant.
• B) It increases during the night but decreases the next morning.
• C) It continues to increase steadily throughout the period when the person does not sleep.
• D) It increases and decreases on an irregular cycle that averages about 120 minutes.

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