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Question: What are the consequences of disrupting biological rhythms?
Answer: Before we look at the consequences of disrupting biological rhythms we must first understand what bio-rhythms are; bio- rhythms can be defined as regular variations in biological activity. There have been many studies into what bio- rhythms are controlled by; endogenous pacemakers (bio-clock) or exogenous zietgebers (external factors).
In 1975 a French psychologist named Michel Siffre spent six months in an underground cave with the aim of finding out if circadian rhythms (daily cycles) such as the sleep-waking cycle would continue if the external zietgeber of light was removed....(short extract)
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- Subject: Psychology
- Course: Psychology
- Level: A-Level
- Year: Not applicable
- Mark: 68%
- Words: 1012
- Date submitted: February 25, 2011
- Date written: Not available
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 3651
