In a study involving more than 3,000 men and women performed by scientists in Sweden and France, participants whose work hours weren’t the typical “9-to-5” were found to exhibit impairments in both long- and short-term memory, brain processing speed and cognitive function. Like chronic jet lag, shift work can throw the body’s circadian rhythm, or […]
El trabajo por turnos podría alterar la función cognitiva y la memoria
En un estudio realizado por científicos suecos y franceses en el que participaron más de 3.000 hombres y mujeres, se observó que los participantes cuyo horario laboral no era el típico de “9 a 5” presentaban deficiencias en la memoria a corto y largo plazo, la velocidad de procesamiento cerebral y la función cognitiva. Al […]
Chronobiology and Diet: How When and What We Eat Matters
Chronobiology is the branch of biology dedicated to understanding how our internal clock interacts with external cues in the environment. The alternation between light and darkness is the most prominent external cue. When the cues are weak, the body’s key functions can fall out of sync. When dietary problems are factored in, one can experience […]
How Shift Work Negatively Affects Our Biological Rhythms
Modern industries keep people working around the clock. Outside of the general nine-to-five grind, shift workers exist. These people work late hours, rotate their hours from week to week, or try to work on through until dawn. As they consume one cup of coffee after another to keep their REM pressure at bay, the constant […]
Daylight Saving Time: 60 Minutes is No Small Change
When we gain an hour the first Sunday in November due to the return to standard time, our internal clock is better able to adjust than it is in the spring when daylight saving causes us to lose an hour of sleep. The German chronobiologist Dr. Jan-Dirk Fauteck has evaluated scientific data on this biannual […]
