This is something that I have wondered about too, Danielle. I don’t understand it well, but I know that the theory of how light affects the circadian cycle and activity levels of diurnal and nocturnal animals is known as Aschoff’s Rule, after the German physician and behavioral physiologist Jürgen Aschoff. The rule suggests that light in…
This is something that I have wondered about too, Danielle. I don’t understand it well, but I know that the theory of how light affects the circadian cycle and activity levels of diurnal and nocturnal animals is known as Aschoff’s Rule, after the German physician and behavioral physiologist Jürgen Aschoff. The rule suggests that light intake suppresses sleep and promotes activity among diurnal animals, and vice-versa for nocturnal animals. So nocturnal animals sleep a lot more during continuous light but they do adapt and are able to find food and survive.
This is something that I have wondered about too, Danielle. I don’t understand it well, but I know that the theory of how light affects the circadian cycle and activity levels of diurnal and nocturnal animals is known as Aschoff’s Rule, after the German physician and behavioral physiologist Jürgen Aschoff. The rule suggests that light intake suppresses sleep and promotes activity among diurnal animals, and vice-versa for nocturnal animals. So nocturnal animals sleep a lot more during continuous light but they do adapt and are able to find food and survive.
Thank you, Robin!
Thank you for bringing the subject to mind, Danielle.
Warmly,
Robin