LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BODY CLOCK

 

The Curtis Lab worked with RCSI communications to develop this short video to explain the impact of Daylight Savings Time ( this is when the clocks move forward in Spring) on our body clocks and health and wellbeing

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Again the Curtis Lab with RCSI communications team put together this short video on how we can keep our body clock healthy during COVID-19 lockdown

As the earth spins every 24 hours, it's important that our bodies can anticipate and respond to this rhythmic environment. Practically all cells in our body have this molecular timing system. Our body clocks determine when we sleep, to when we feel alert to when we feel hungry.  

Watch the video below to learn more about this amazing timekeeping system...

 
 

A great animated video on what makes you tick from Oxford Sparks.How do you know when it's time to wake up or go to sleep? More powerful than any alarm are your circadian rhythms. In this animation we take a look at how these rhythms work and what controls them, inspired by the TeenSleep project being carried out at the University of Oxford to look at how later start times at school might affect achievement. For more information visit https://www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/what-makes-you-tick


 

A superb article below that will make you consider not just what you do during the day, but when you do it

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-be-healthier-happier-and-more-productive-its-all-in-the-timing-1514560647


Watch this great TEDx talk by Prof. Satchidananda Panda from Salk Institute for Biological Sciences discussing the “Lighting Revolution” and its important effect on health and disease.