internal clock
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A later activity peak may reflect a mismatch between the body's internal clock and environmental signals such as daylight and darkness.
From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026
Additionally, disruptions to the body's internal clock can affect astronaut's sleeping and eating cycles.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025
Prof Luscher said that - like the researchers suggest - it is "possible" that coffee drinking later in the day could disrupt out bodies internal clock at a time we should be resting.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025
“There are gonna be some people that wake up at 3 in the morning, probably wide awake. Everybody’s internal clock is different. But we’re doing everything we can.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024
Dad had jumbled my internal clock, thanks to our late-night marathon of Doctor Who—my favorite episodes with the brilliant and brave Martha Jones.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
