Circadian Rhythmicity - Sunlight, Bluelight, Backlight: How Street Lamps, iPads & Co Mess W/ Our Internal Clock. Plus: Tweaks, Tools & Apps to Prevent Negative Side-Effects
Image 1 (uci.edu): There are billions of clocks in our world, but the most important one of all, our biological clock has gained scientific attention only over the past couple of years - a momentous mistake, as scientists are starting to realize. This is the first installment of the long promised yet often postponed SuppVersity series on Circadian Rhythmicity and how it impacts your physiology and psychology. Despite the fact that I eventually decided to spare you all the funky acronyms, clock genes and hardly legible names of at best incompletely understood feedback mechanism and complex switches I cannot forbear discussing a couple of fundamental principles to set the scene and ensure you understand what I am talking about, when I say "blue light" or "melantopic part of the spectrum". Don't be scared, I am trying to make it as easy as possible and if you still don't understand a word, I would hope that you do at least enjoy my sense of humor ;-) Bef...