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Synchronizing your body clock, with Prof Russell Foster

Instant Genius

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The Relationship Between Hormonal Changes and Morningness

Each of us has a chronotype, which is sort of a body clock type. It's been various described as morning people or evening people. From about the age of 10 there's a tendency to want to go to bed later and later and later. But in your late fifties you're getting up and going to bed two hours earlier than when you were younger. So there's these three factors, genetics, how old we are, and when we see light.

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