Peter Tripp was a radio DJ from the mid 1950s. In 1959 he took part in a 201-hour experiment of sleep deprivation. He wanted to raise money for the March of Dimes, a United States health charity whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.
After a few days of his sleepless nightmare he began to hallucinate and he also became extremely aggressive...this is the end of the story.
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Watch the video and answer the TRUE/FALSE questions.
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1. Mr Tripp's brain was behaving has if he was dreaming while awake.
2. He was unable to carry on with the radio programme.
3. On the night before the end of the experiment everybody wanted him to stop.
4. He started thinking he was someone else.
5. The doctors found out that his brain worked as if he was asleep.
6. His wife thought he was perfectly normal after the experiment.
7. Mr Tripp had an argument with his boss.
8. Mr Tripp found a job with another radio station.
9. The doctor regrets not being more careful with the experiment.
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