How would it feel like to be blind, worse yet, how would it feel to have no sense what so ever? This is called sensory deprivation. This is actually used in wars with prisoners as it is a very efficient method of torture. There was recently an experiment to examine the effects sensory deprivation has on people. Six people volunteered to spend 48 hours inside an isolated room on their own, not being able to interact with anyone. Though it seems horrible, I think that I would’ve handled it; I would probably sing out loud, talk to myself or just fall asleep that whole time like a woman did. People reacted in different ways, some just remained asleep and others went insane. Before the volunteers were sent to the rooms their mental abilities were tested, everyone did ok however after spending 48 hours isolated they didn’t do so well. They could not answer questions correctly after hearing a story. They would be asked about something which never happened in the story and still would answer it did happen. We could also see how after being deprived of our senses we tend believe anything they tell us. This is used with prisoners so they give information or ally to the enemy. It was interesting to see how happy they were when they got out of there.
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