Thursday, April 17, 2008

Jeg lag for different circadium patterns

On page 30 you list two scenarios for which you predict whether it should easier for people to accommodate to flying east or west, depending on the length of their personal biological clock. I happen to be more of a "night owl" than anyone else I have ever known in my 73 yrs. of age. I would probably function "normally" if the earth's period of rotation were 30 hours.

On your quiz on page 30:
1. I am most awake in the evening.
2. it is harder for me to adjust to eastward travel.

My thinking may be messed up, but I think that most if not all people with circadian periods more than 24 hours would answer as I have.

In summary: I think your answer for the night owls should be: 1) b, 2)b instead of 1)b, 2)a.

If I'm wrong, somebody please explain why.

Thanks,
Donald B. Roberts

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