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Name: char
Status: student
Age: 30s
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Date: 2000-2001
Question:
what is "sensory deprivation"?

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Not being exposed to any sort of stimulation from the environment. This was brought to the forefront by the work done at M'Gill University in Canada by sumbersing volunteers in isothermic tanks. With no light sound or odors and lack of very much tactile feedback caused some very confused and upset individuals...

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