PSY 358 Study Guide - Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone, Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, Sleep Inertia
23 Apr 2015
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Mechanism that predicts what is going to happen in the environment then changes base on the environment. They are low at night and high in the morning. If there is not entrainment, cortisol levels starts to drift and become 24. 5 hours. Diurinal (circadian)- 24 hours, over course of the day. Ultraradian- there is picktrophs over the course of the day. Repeated, a lot of ups and downs. Seasonally deals with amount of light and diet. Visual cues- for the spring yellow flowers are the first to grow than red and pink. It is a way to tell birds that flew north to see that spring is here. Described personality of a morning(larks) and evening(owls) people. Puberty- shift in rhythm by 2 hours. Evening people tend to have higher iqs, better at changes, and a better at sleep debt. Suprachiasmatic nucleus- sits on top of optic tract. When there is too much, they go back to the nucleus.
