The things I have to do as part of my course work… this is one of them, a kind of sleep deprivation, a circadian rhythm (in scientific languange), and so for 48 hours I became my very own lab rat …
this website gives an account of the experimental procedure and also a good insight about sleep, its regulations and biochemistry.
You can visit the “sleep-stoned scientist” website >HERE< and learn the reason why you have to play jack at 5am with no right to a snack.