Beyond time: 15 volunteers in France will hold in complete isolation in the cave for 40 days

Eight men and seven women will spend 40 days in a cave in the province of ariège in the South of France. Participants will need to feel the impact of long-term isolation without a sense of time on human brain. With them they took phones, watches and other devices to determine the time. A unique project of "Deep Time" takes place under the guidance of the researcher Christian Clot (Clot Christian), who also joined the group of volunteers. Learn more about the unusual challenge of our material.The world's first experiment 40 days of isolation without the sense of time is in a cave in the Pyrenees mountains. A 15-year parties, there are special sensors through which scientists on the surface can follow their movements. Project Manager Christian clot will spend 40 days in a cave with a group of volunteers and 40 days in solitude.

Thus, the experts want to explore the impact of time constraints on cognitive and emotional functions of the human body. The project will provide an opportunity to learn how the human brain recognizes time without special devices for its definition.

In the cave, where it will undergo the experiment, no daylight. Participants will have to adapt to a temperature of 12 C and a humidity of 95%. In addition, they will produce electricity using a system of pedal boats and water to get from wells to a depth of 45 m.

Christian Clot, the founder of the Institute of human adaptation, the creation of the project "Dream Time" inspired by the pandemic Covid-19 and its impact on human life. People had to be in isolation, and while no one knows how this forced retreat will affect us in the future. The experiment will try to find the answer to this question.

To Finance the project collected $ 1.2 million (about 87.5 million). Participants will receive financial compensation, but during his stay in the cave they will be provided with food weighing about 1.5 tons.

To explore the hidden capabilities of the body that people for centuries have conducted an unusual experiment. For example, in 1963 in the US, 17-year-old Randy Gardner stayed awake for 11 days and 25 minutes to describe the effect of insomnia on the brain.