Internal time : chronotypes, social jet lag, and why you're so tired / Till Roenneberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roenneberg, Till.

Standardized Title:

Wie wir ticken. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chronobiology.

Biological rhythms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 272 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Early birds and night owls are born, not made. Sleep patterns may be the most obvious manifestation of the highly individualized biological clocks we inherit, but these clocks also regulate bodily functions from digestion to hormone levels to cognition. Living at odds with our internal timepieces, Till Roenneberg shows, can make us chronically sleep deprived and more likely to smoke, gain weight, feel depressed, fall ill, and fail geometry. By understanding and respecting our internal time, we can live better.Internal Time combines storytelling with accessible science tutorials to explain how our internal clocks work-for example, why morning classes are so unpopular and why "lazy" adolescents are wise to avoid them. We learn why the constant twilight of our largely indoor lives makes us dependent on alarm clocks and tired, and why social demands and work schedules lead to a social jet lag that compromises our daily functioning.Many of the factors that make us early or late "chronotypes" are beyond our control, but that doesn't make us powerless. Roenneberg recommends that the best way to sync our internal time with our external environment and feel better is to get more sunlight. Such simple steps as cycling to work and eating breakfast outside may be the tickets to a good night's sleep, better overall health, and less grouchiness in the morning.

Contents:

Worlds apart

Of early birds and long sleepers

Counting sheep

A curious astronomer

The lost days

The periodic shift worker

The fast hamster

Dawn at the gym

The elusive transcript

Temporal ecology

Wait until dark

The end of adolescence

What a waste of time!

Days on other planets

When will my organs arrive?

The scissors of sleep

Early socialists-late capitalists

Constant twilight

From Frankfurt to Morocco and back

Light at night

Partnership timing

A clock for all seasons

Professional selection

The nocturnal bottleneck.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674069695

0674069692

9780674065857

0674065859

OCLC:

806492775