First physical evidence of why you're an owl or a lark

Re:First physical evidence of why you're an owl or a lark by MarcusVorenus on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @09:07AM (#6475811)

Consider sleeping with the curtains open, your circadian rhythm is sure to shift to a lark schedule then.

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Re:First physical evidence of why you're an owl or a lark by weland on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @07:01AM (#6481723)

I used to, exactly for this reason. I otherwise have a fair deal of aversion to light (the first sunny days of spring are unbearable to me without sunglasses), but I tried to make sure there's plenty of light for me in the morning, as I knew it could have an impact over my circadian rhythm. Unfortunately, all that did was hurt my eyes when I woke up :-).

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Re:First physical evidence of why you're an owl or a lark by Nursie on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @12:16PM (#6477099)

Nonsense. As an owl I have no problem sleeping when it's light.

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Re:First physical evidence of why you're an owl or a lark by MarcusVorenus on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @02:32PM (#6478126)

There's research supporting my claim:

http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/02/1...

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Re:First physical evidence of why you're an owl or a lark by Nursie on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @03:34PM (#6478553)

I'm 35, not exactly a teenager. The pilot study was published 3 years ago, comes to no firm conclusions and isn't yet backed up by a statistically significant study.

What it certainly does not say is that people who have had an owl pattern long beyond adolescence can be cured by leaving the curtains open.

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