The sleep wake cycle.

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What research is there to support the fact that the endogenous clock is free running?
Research by Michael Siffre, stayed in a cave multiple times in order to study his own biological rhythms, research by Aschoff and weaver supports this.
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Outline one other Circadian Rhythm.
Core body temperature runs on a cycle of 24 hours and is lowest at about 4:30 am and is highest at about 6:00 pm. there is a dip in body temperature just after lunch which has nothing to do with the fact that we have just eaten, afternoon siesta.
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Outline one IDA associated with the research on the Sleep wake cycle
validity, the research by Michael Sffire is based on an individual and so cant be generalized to a whole population, doesn't take other factors into account
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How do Cziesler and Duffy criticize research into the sleep wake cycle?
Individual differences Cziesler - there are individual differences in cycle length and Duffy morning people and evening people
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What are the effects of a changing core body temperature and cognitive abilities.
the circadian variation in core body temperature has been linked to cognitive abilities, Folkard studied children, read 12 and 13 year old stories in the morning or afternoon, recall a week later better from afternoon group(higher body temps)
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What research is there to so that this might not be a causal link?
Giesbrecht lowered temperature reduces performance and Hord and Thompson found no link between the two
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