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However…
No evidence to show that temperature affects human
biological rhythms
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• Social Cues
Social cues provide a means of controlling social
behaviours (example in book, pg. 65)
• Light
Light cues sometimes are insufficient to override the
free-running clock (free of exogenous cues).
Kelly et al. 1999 – US nuclear submariners live on an
18hr day. All cues available (light, social, etc.)
didn’t shift the rhythm of melatonin production onto
their 18hr day, the rhythm remained tat 24hrs.
On a biochemical level, its been found that light
destroys the TIM portion of the PER-TIM protein,
which re-sets the biological clock
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• Why is Light important?
Animals want to stay active when its light, safe from
predators (vice versa). Animals have an internal
clock that tells them when to wake up but their
circadian rhythm doesn’t match day length
because daylight changes over the course of the
year.