The article The Dangers of Cramming refers to the problem of students who tend to do more harm than good by depriving themselves of sleep before taking big exams .
The author claims that lack of sleep may result in the intellectual lapses leading to concentration loss.
What is more, Buchholtz underlines that the range of sleeping time is different for each person.
The true danger Buchholtz ascribes to stimulants like caffeine or amphetamine which temporarily keep students awake but after they stop working they cause sleep incapability or even hallucinations.
The author states that further recovery and restoration of proper sleep time may last up to two days.
Another factor having impact on the quality of sleep is stress.
Buchholtz advices how to minimize its’ side effects by making relaxing exercises.
Occurrence of sleep overdose after such damaging time should not worry as the brain needs time to recover.
At the end of the article we find suggestion that all students should do for the future is to make any changes carefully.
January 2013
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