BIOLOGICAL CLOCK AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES

• Authors: Iskra-Golec I.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The first part of the article introduces to the problems of biological clock. Explains basic terms, structure and function of the circadian pacemaker. The second part presents a review of the most important research on the circadian cognitive performance rhythms. The theories explaining mechanisms underlying time of day effect are discussed. The postlunch dip has been suggested to be a manifestation of ultradian component of daily oscillations of cognitive processes.

Keywords

EN

BIOLOGICAL CLOCK; COGNITIVE PROCESSES

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee on Psychological Sciences PAS, Warsaw School of Social Psychology
• Journal: Psychological Studies
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 15-24
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Iskra-Golec I.

• I. Iskra-Golec, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Instytut Ekonomii i Zarzadzania, ul. Gronostajowa 3, 30-387 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

05PLAAAA00481227