RHYTHMS OF WAKING AND SLEEPING

• A generated rhythm that prepares animals for seasonal change.
  
  ENDOGENOUS ________________ RHYTHM

Endogenous means

Circannual came from the Latin word

circum, for “_______”, and

Annum for “______”

A generated rhythm that lasts for a day

ENDOGENOUS _____________ RHYTHM

• Circadian came from the Latin word circum, for “ ABOUT”, and Dies for “____”

• The posterior areas of the ____________’s activity correlates mainly with our Circadian Rhythm

• CEREBRAL CORTEX

• PRE-FRONTAL CORTEX

• POST-CENTRAL CORTEX

• PRE-CENTRAL CORTEX

Most young adults show increased positive mood from waking until late afternoon, and then a slight decline until bedtime.

WHAT MOOD?

• SADNESS

• ANGER

• REVENGE

• HAPPINESS

generate a period close to 24 hours

• CIRCADIAN

• CIRCANNUAL

• The German term ________, meaning “Time-giver” is the stimulus that resets the circadian rhythms

• is by far the most dominant zeitgeber.

• Your body is alerted to the start of the day by morning light, which causes the brain to produce more cortisol and less melatonin.

• Temperature

• Exercise

• Food

• Light