The town’s so full of these confounded dials.” fungus to bacteria to plant to animal, has a circadian rhythm. Some animals are nocturnal With modern society we have too much (active at night), some are diurnal (during the artificial light around us that may keep us away day) and some are crepuscular (at twilight from sleeping. In addition, modern society hours). brought various stressors that did not exist at Plautus’s time. College students are well-known References owls as they pull an all-nighter during finals or Breus, M.J. (2009, December 4). The they stay up late chatting with their friends or lark vs. the owl: Ingrained sleep surfing the internet, gazing like a zombie at the patterns. The Huffington Post. computer screen at 2 am in the morning. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Are humans the only organisms that have Foster, R.G. (2005). Rhythms of Life. circadian rhythms? Yale University Press. Smolensky, M., & Lamberg, L. (2001). As the title implies, larks and owls also have The body clock guide to better health. internal rhythms and their circadian rhythms Holt Paperbacks. are different. In fact, every living thing, from The Lark vs. The Owl Questions Based on the results of the current research, are there more people who wake up with sunrise (larks) than people who go to sleep late and wake up at noon (owls)? In his poem, the Roman playwright Platus compares his belly to a sundial and states that his belly was more precise than a sundial. Keeping in mind the concept of biological rhythms, what does he imply with this comparison? Based on the information presented in the article, how much control do we have over our circadian rhythms? Explain. Are there any other organisms besides humans that have circadian rhythms? If there are, please give some examples and state what their rhythms are like.
The town’s so full of these confounded dials.” With modern society we have too much artificial light around us that may keep us away from sleeping. In addition, modern society brought various stressors that did not exist at Plautus’s time. College students are well-known owls as they pull an all-nighter during finals or they stay up late chatting with their friends or surfing the internet, gazing like a zombie at the computer screen at 2 am in the morning. Are humans the only organisms that have circadian rhythms? As the title implies, larks and owls also have internal rhythms and their circadian rhythms are different. In fact, every living thing, from fungus to bacteria to plant to animal, has a circadian rhythm. Some animals are nocturnal (active at night), some are diurnal (during the day) and some are crepuscular (at twilight hours). References Breus, M.J. (2009, December 4). The lark vs. the owl: Ingrained sleep patterns. The Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Foster, R.G. (2005). Rhythms of Life. Yale University Press. Smolensky, M., & Lamberg, L. (2001). The body clock guide to better health. Holt Paperbacks. The Lark vs. The Owl Questions Based on the results of the current research, are there more people who wake up with sunrise (larks) than people who go to sleep late and wake up at noon (owls)? In his poem, the Roman playwright Platus compares his belly to a sundial and states that his belly was more precise than a sundial. Keeping in mind the concept of biological rhythms, what does he imply with this comparison? Based on the information presented in the article, how much control do we have over our circadian rhythms? Explain. Are there any other organisms besides humans that have circadian rhythms? If there are, please give some examples and state what their rhythms are like.
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