PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Chronobiology, Menopause, Electroencephalography
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Psyc 1010: module 9 how sleep affects the body. Our bodies roughly synchronize with the 24-hour cycle of day and night thanks to your normal wake-up time arrives. an internal biological clock called the circadian rhythm (from the latin circa, As morning approaches, body temperature rises, then peaks during the day, dips for a time in early afternoon (when many people take siestas), and begins to drop again in the evening. Thinking is sharpest and memory most accurate when we are at our daily peak in circadian arousal. Try pulling an all-nighter or working an occasional night shift. You"ll feel groggiest in the middle of the night but may gain new energy when. Age and experience can alter our circadian rhythm. Most 20-year-olds are evening-energized owls, with performance improving. Most older adults are morning-loving larks, with performance declining as the. By mid-evening, when the night has hardly begun for many young adults,
