#biological rhythms

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Gay Gaer Luce - Body Time - Bantam - 1973

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The Scientific Research Notes of S. Sunkavally (years:2002-2011).

4482-4484.

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Can Biorhythms Maximize Potential?

Biorhythms can be used to maximize your potential. Whether you believe in them or not, they can be used to prompt action and awareness.

The study of biorhythms has been around for centuries. But along with many holistic approaches, the study of biorhythms is considered a pseudoscience. Holistic approaches have proven valuable to many for health and personal development. Can biorhythms also maximize potential? The Theory of Biorhythms Wilhelm Fliess, Alfred Teltscher, and Hermann Swoboda created the theory of biorhythms. Wilhelm…

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Nature shows us how important circadian rhythm is to our overall well-being

Nature shows us how important circadian rhythm is to our overall well-being

Nature demonstrates the importance of circadian rhythm to organisms’ overall well-being in the latest issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.

Researchers from the Netherlands focused on the significance of biological clock on nature and other organisms. The theme of the journal’s issue on “wild clocks” comes after an international symposium arranged by the Un…

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biological rhythms

Body experiences ups and downs throughout the typical day. In fact, biological rhythms, the fluctuations that occur in one’s biological system, dictate numerous factors within one’s body, including hormones, urine output, blood pressure, and our reactions to stimuli.

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EVALUATION FOR CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS

PRACTICAL APPLICATION TO DRUG TREATMENTS

CR co-ordinates the body’s basic processes (e.g. heart rate, digestion, hormone levels)

Has pharmacokinetic effect on drugs that an individual takes > impacts how well they’ll be absorbed or distributed 

Researchers have bow suggested there are peak and non-peak times drugs should be taken.

Led to guidelines on when to take drugs [REAL WORLD APPLICATION]

These guidelines have been applied to various drugs (e.g. anticancer, anti-epileptic) [REAL WORLD APPLICATION]

USE OF CASE STUDIES AND SMALL SAMPLES

Studies on sleep-wake cycle either based on a small sample or one individual

THEREFORE, may not be representative of target population, meaning difficulty in generalising

SIFFRE - repeated experiment at 60 and found his clock ran slower

ILLUSTRATING > even when same person repeats experiment, may be factors influencing results > general conclusions CANNOT be drawn

POOR CONTROL IN STUDIES

Though natural light absent, artificial light was still present

E.G. Siffre > lamp on when awake, off when asleep

Czeisler et all (’99) > able to adjust P’s CR from 22 to 28 hours using dim lighting

THEREFORE > impact artificial light can have on CR 

Meaning conclusions = invalid as not endogenously controlled

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

[THIS CAN BE APPLIED TO OTHER RHYTHMS AS WELL]

One problem with generalisation > rhythms can vary between individuals (in some cases 13 to 6 hours [Czeisler et al ‘99]}

Duffy et al (2001) revealed that some display a natural preference for going to bed early and rising early [LARKS] and some who go to bed late and wake later [OWLS]

Age differences may also impact sleeping habits (REMEMBER SIFFRE)

Problematic to generalise 

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RESEARCH INTO BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Michel Siffre (1972)

Spent 205 days isolated in Midnight Cave, Texas. Going deep into caves has the advantage of reducing influences on circadian rhythms such as light, temperature, geomagnetic and electromagnetic factors that also fluctuate on a daily basis. Whilst he could choose to illuminate his living quarters when he wanted, he had no way of knowing the time in the outside world. Researchers studying his progress found that at first, like other biological rhythms, his sleep pattern was erratic but soon settled into a regular free-running rhythm, whilst his day shifted to 25 hours in length. 

PROBLEMS:

Case study - only one person

Generalisability issues to wider environment

Experimenter bias - may alter his results

Had artificial light - could still maintain a circadian rhythm

Folkard et al (1985)

Studied a group of 12 people who lived in a dark cave for 3 weeks. They went to bed when the clock read 11:45pm and woke up at 7:45am. During the course of the study the researchers gradually sped up the clock (participants did not know this), shifting the 24 hour rhythm to 22 hours. The findings revealed that none of the participants were able to comfortably adjust to the new regime. The conclusion suggests that there is strong free-running circadian rhythm that cannot be easily overridden by changes in the external environment.

Rhythms not as flexible as once thought.

PROBLEM:

12 people - small sample - generalisability issues - individual differences