circadian
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The more blue-white tones in the lighting, and the brighter it is, the more it helps support our circadian rhythms—the biological clocks inside our cells that drive our cycles of sleepiness and wakefulness.
Stress isn’t the only saboteur; circadian clocks can also disrupt one’s ability to sleep.
From Washington Post
Authors attributed the spike to changes in circadian rhythms, which can be exacerbated in people with depression.
From Washington Times
Daylight saving time “is like living in the wrong time zone for almost eight months out of the year,” she testified, citing research into circadian rhythms and release of hormones such as cortisol.
From Washington Post
In her 2016 Modern Love essay “The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy,” the writer Amanda Gefter explains what it is like to live — and date — with delayed sleep phase syndrome, a circadian rhythm disorder.
From New York Times
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