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Post by Jiggy Gal on Aug 9, 2013 6:29:05 GMT -5
Electric Lights Alter Daily Rhythms Humans’ circadian clocks become skewed when they are exposed to electric lights but revert to a schedule more in tune with the sun when they go camping. By Kate Yandell | August 6, 2013 Long-term exposure to electric lighting has fundamentally altered humans’ circadian rhythms, according to a study published in Current Biology last week (August 1). But a week camping away from electric lights swiftly reset eight study participants’ circadian clocks. “What’s remarkable is how, when we’re exposed to natural sunlight, our clocks perfectly become in synch in less than a week to the solar day,” coauthor Kenneth Wright, a University of Colorado Boulder integrative physiologist, said in a press release. For the first week of the study, participants went about their ordinary routines at home. Next, they all went camping in the Rocky Mountains for a week without flashlights or electronics. Read More: www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/36888/title/Electric-Lights-Alter-Daily-Rhythms/
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