internal clock

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This internal clock is directed by the brain and responds to environmental signals, especially light.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026

My internal clock wherever I am just knows it’s 4 p.m. and I get a little sad.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

When it is bright, our internal clock feels we should be awake.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

You really have to be thoughtful of your act structures and that internal clock.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 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