BIORHYTHMIC VARIATIONS IN CONSCIOUSNESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
BIORHYTHMIC VARIATIONS IN CONSCIOUSNESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
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10.1037/h0081810
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1975-01-01
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BROUGHTON, R
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BROUGHTON, R
Research indicates that indices of conscious awareness of external and internal events exhibit both ultradian approximately 90-100 min (in adulthood) and circadian 24-hr variations. The phylogenetically older ultradian rhythm represents the basic rest-activity cycle (BRAC) of N. Kleitman (1963), is continuous, and appears to contain alternation of mental activity of thought-like and fantasy type at this periodicity in wakefulness and in NREM and REM sleep. This suggests continuous cyclic alternation of relative predominance of the left and right hemispheres inherent in the BRAC. Superimposed circadian fluctuations of consciousness in a diurnally active adult typically show lowest levels in the 1st hrs after usual sleep onset and a later dip at about 5-6: 00 AM if the person remains awake. After a night of sleep, daytime consciousness and performance improve in the morning, usually show an early afternoon" post-lunch dip," a sustained increase in the late afternoon and early evening, and a decrease before sleep onset. It is postulated that cortical, mainly prefrontal, hyperpolarization in NREM sleep resets the cortex for renewed high-level perceptual awareness the next day. Consciousness is not a static attribute but shows definite biorhythmic fluctuations in level and type.(French abstract)(41/2 p ref)(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)