BioRhythms

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Circadian Rhythm
Approx 24hrs, example is the sleep-wake cycle.
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Infradian Rhythm
More than one day, example is the menstrual cycle.
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Ultradian Rhythm
Less than one day, example is sleep and the stages of sleep.
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Siffre 1975
6 month isolation study inside a cave with no exogenous zeitgebers where he found that his circadian rhythm was approx 25hrs but exogenous zeitgebers change our internal clock to 24hrs.
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Exogneous Zeitgebers
External cues such as light or sound.
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Endogenous Pacemakers
Free running internal mechanism
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More than one day, example is the menstrual cycle.

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Infradian Rhythm

Card 3

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Less than one day, example is sleep and the stages of sleep.

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Card 4

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6 month isolation study inside a cave with no exogenous zeitgebers where he found that his circadian rhythm was approx 25hrs but exogenous zeitgebers change our internal clock to 24hrs.

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Card 5

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External cues such as light or sound.

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