PSY397H1 Lecture Notes - Waggle Dance, Cactus, Carl Linnaeus
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Biggest problems people have: whether to add or subtract, sun rises in east and sets in the west (in s hemi also) Book: intro to bio rhythms: a primer on the temp organisational of life (2006) koukkari and. Added readings are highly recommended and presented on blackboard. How do we deal with time in everyday life: time/duration estimation. This allows us to predict, understand, and prepare for the day/seasons/etc: time memory. The ability to remember when things happened: time perception, biological rhythmicity. Natural selection: differential reproduction, adaptation and optimization, even the most primitive species have cellular mechanisms that protect organelles and. Circatidal about 4 hours: all organisms have these mechanisms, especially tidal organisms. Biological uses of bio rhythms: ancient. Rhythms: mouse entrainment and free run. The mouse starts using the running wheel earlier and earlier without any influence from the outside world. This is because the clock is about 24 hours.