Chronobiology and chronopsychology
By: T.G. Baudson, A. Seemüller & M. Dresler (eds.).
Publisher: Pabst Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lengerich; Miami
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9783899675863
Subjects: Circadian rhythms; Chronobiologie; Chronobiology; Chronopsychologie; Chronobiology Phenomena; Psychology
Description: "Night and day, sleep and wake, death and birth: All living organisms are subject to external biological cycles and inner clocks that influence our experience and behavior. But how exactly does this influence become manifest, and how can we deal with it? What are the mechanisms underlying such periodic recurrences? Or, more generally: Why is time so important and what makes it so fascinating? The contributions to this volume represent a broad and multi-faceted approach not only to the chronosciences in the narrower sense, but also to the way we experience and deal with the passing of time in general. Authors from psychology, neuroscience, biology, medicine and philosophy approach the subject from many different angles, thus providing intriguing insights into a truly interdisciplinary research topic."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Chronobiology and Chronopsychology: an introduction / Tanja Gabriele Baudson, Anna Seemüller and Martin Dresler; title: Human Chronobiology / Jürgen Zulley; title: Bioclocks and biocalendars / Wolfgang Engelmann; title: Mind: a-head of time / Kirsten Brukamp; title: Human circadian rhythms and cognitive performance / Constanze Hahn; title: Neural oscillations and intelligence / Stefan Troche, Thomas Rammsayer; title: Time and memory / Anna Seemüller; title: Time travel and the human brain / Julia Weiler; title: Interval timing: the key to economic behavior? / Tobias Ohmann; title: Is there an antihedonistic tendency in subjective time? / Arnold Hinz; title: Constitution of cognition in time / Christian Kupke and Kai Vogeley.