Sentences with phrase «of internal clock»

On June 29, 2010, Sony released PS3 system software update 3.40, which improved the functionality of the internal clock to properly account for leap years.

Such regulation of the internal clock, it is argued may help you sleep better.

«Our study reveals a federal organization of internal clock synchronization with the environment,» said Henrik Oster, Ph.D., a researcher involved in the work from the Medical Department at the University of Lübeck in Lübeck, Germany.

But it wasn't until the 20th century that the idea of an internal clock — as opposed one that responds to external cues like light — was settled.

Results suggest a revised model of circadian entrainment, with the adaptation of the internal clock by external time cue, resulting in a mode of photic entrainment in which light can in parallel reset central and peripheral clocks.

Turning lights on at night can delay melatonin release and shift the timing of our internal clock, says sleep physiologist Derk - Jan Dijk of the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom, who was not involved in the work.

In essence, you can trick your body into changing the timing of your internal clock.

«We suspect that «misalignment» between the timing of our internal clock and the timing of our behaviors could be detrimental over the long run,» claim the scientists.

To perceive time, the brain relies on a diverse collection of internal clocks that precisely orchestrate movement, sensing, memories and learning.

For this study, Silke Kiessling, a postdoctoral fellow on Nicolas Cermakian's team, successfully adjusted the gears of the internal clocks in two types of cancer cells?

Changes in physical activity during the camping trip and the social interaction subjects had also likely influenced the retiming of their internal clocks, she says.

Not exact matches

Research shows your brain's internal clock runs more slowly as you age — which means the pace of life appears to speed up.

By exposing oneself to the right lightwaves at the right time of day, the idea is that you can reset your internal clock.

A little background on the traveler's worst enemy: «Jet lag occurs when we experience a desynchronization between our internal body clock and the external time clock of our destination,» explained Natalie Dautovich, Ph.D., an Environmental Fellow at the National Sleep Foundation.

To achieve this, a body clock exposes more of its internal «day» to light and hides some of its internal «night» in the dark.

Research into one form of depression — seasonal affective disorder (SAD)-- has uncovered another potential factor in mood disorders: an internal body clock that has gone awry.

The internal body clock is still alert, now trained by years and years of early mornings.

Take yourself outside every day for fresh air, a sense of vitality and all important Vitamin D. Daylight also helps to reset your internal body clock — also known as the circadian rhythm leading to better sleep and allowing your body to tune into what it needs.

My internal clock just can't make sense of darkness before 5 pm, I feel like it is bed time.

And the stress of knowing that Bosa and company are nearby messes with quarterbacks» internal clocks.

This argument seems logical since the combination of long flights, strange beds and time zone changes can confuse players» internal body clocks.

It's certainly reasonable to hypothesize that the combination of long flights, strange beds and time zone changes confuse internal body clocks and prevent players and teams from performing up to expectations.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, an infant typically sleeps between 16 to 18 hours a day — and sleep patterns are erratic since newborns do not yet have an internal biological clock or circadian rhythm.

Your body relies on a complex set of external cues, internal clocks, and chemical processes to wake your brain up in the morning.

If you're really keen on keeping your child on the same schedule, you can wake them 1 hour early on the day of the time change so as not to see any lasting effects from the time shift (however if your child has a very strong internal clock, you may find them still not able to fall asleep until their «usual» bedtime).

A dark room at night, free of nightlights and equip with blackout curtains, can aid in setting your baby's internal clock.

For one thing, the weird timing of newborn sleeping schedules can disrupt the parent's internal clock.

Moreover, recent studies on rodents indicate that the internal clock also affects how the metabolism responds to the intake of carbohydrates or fats, and that certain time frames are more suitable than others for the consumption of a high - carbohydrate or a high - fat diet, seen from a health perspective.

According to a nutrition study led by the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), a partner of the German Center for Diabetes Research, the so - called internal clock also influences how people with impaired glucose metabolism react to carbohydrate - rich food.

So Sheiko and his colleagues have created a type of putty with an internal clock that allows it to transform over time.

Researchers know that circadian clocks in mammals control the internal body temperature to drive sleep patterns, says Orie Shafer, principal investigator of the study.

These effects may be connected to the disruption of the animals» internal clocks (Current Biology, DOI: 10.1016 / j.cub.2016.05.038).

For most animals, internal clocks help them perform recurring daily activities, like eat, sleep and hunt, at the most appropriate time of day.

Most electronic devices use vibrating crystals to regulate their internal clocks, but the frequency of these crystals can vary with factors like temperature and humidity.

The consequences of modern life, eating and staying up later, shift work, cell phone addiction, and travel across time zones, all disturb internal clocks.

In a related analogy, engineers who developed electrical circuits found that synchronizing each step of a computation to an internal clock made increasingly complicated tasks possible, ultimately leading to the computers we have today.

She reckoned that a rare form of old «metal poor» star, one with one - thousandth the iron content of our own young sun, carries an internal clock, one composed of the radioactive elements uranium and thorium.

Time rules our lives, but take away clocks, schedules and calendars, and our bodies still march to the beat of internal timekeepers.

But the birds» internal clocks can't keep up with their nonstop movement, apparently, and they become out of phase with local time.

«We know that the timing of sleep is regulated by the body's internal biological clock, but just how this occurs has been a mystery,» says study leader Mark N. Wu, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor of neurology, medicine, genetic medicine and neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

The Cellular Counter More than 50 years ago, a researcher uncovered the first clues that an internal biological clock might regulate age — and that it's not just the daily assaults from the external wear and tear of life that cause us to wither and eventually die.

Specifically, it relies on studies that describe how light, caffeine and food affect the internal clocks which control the rhythms of our sleep, body temperature and other biological processes.

An internal clock within the kidneys plays an important role in maintaining balance within the body, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

In addition, the Circadian rhythm, the internal clock which controls the operation of the plant's cells, «was affected» she adds.

Biologists ponder time from the perspective of evolutionary history, wondering why and how life - forms acquired the internal clocks that guide daily life.

Just how it works is not known — but human beings have an internal clock which enables us to perceive and estimate periods of time subconsciously.

Jet lag is known for its fatigue - inducing effects, most of which stem from a mismatch between a person's internal clock and the time zone he or she is in, something called «circadian misalignment.»

Light intensity is detected by special cells in the retina and this information is relayed to the internal body clock, located deep in a part of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

Even microorganisms, which lack a nervous system, have daily cycles of activity and inactivity driven by internal body clocks known as circadian clocks.

«Our study demonstrates that subcutaneous human fat tissue has an internal clock that is able to regulate insulin sensitivity even when outside of the body.