ReviewNature and science of sleep2018
Impact of seasons on an individual's chronotype: current perspectives.
Review in Nature and science of sleep, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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18 citing papers in PubMed.
- Change in circadian preference predicts sustained treatment outcomes in patients with unipolar depression and evening preference.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022Trial
- Circadian rhythms in cardiovascular disease.European heart journal · 2025Review
- The influence of chronotype, socioeconomic status, latitude, longitude, and seasonality on cognitive performance and academic outcomes in adolescents.Sleep medicine · 2025Article
- Individual associations of self-reported sleep duration, sleep quality, chronotype and social jet lag with infectious disease risk.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Scoping review protocol: The chrononutrition factors in association with glycemic outcomes in adult population.PloS one · 2025Article
- Infrared-A to improve mood: an exploratory study of water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) exposure.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2024Article
- Relationship between social jetlag and body mass index in nurses working shift schedules: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Associations of body composition with physical activity, nutritional intake status, and chronotype among female university students in Japan.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2024Article
- A longitudinal study of rotating shift type and attention performance of acute and critical care nurses with chronotype as moderator variable.Journal of occupational health · 2024Article
- Chronotype delay and sleep disturbances shaped by the Antarctic polar night.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Effects of Interrupted Daily Routine Due to COVID-19 on Circadian Chronotype and Leisure Time Physical Activity.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Role of the Melatoninergic System in Circadian and Seasonal Rhythms-Insights From Different Mouse Strains.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
- Do sex hormones confound or mediate the effect of chronotype on breast and prostate cancer? A Mendelian randomization study.PLoS genetics · 2022Article
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- Advanced Chemophenetic Analysis of Essential Oil from Leaves ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Associations between chronotype, social jetlag, and weekday sleep in women with irritable bowel syndrome.Chronobiology international · 2021Article
- Insomnia in Patients Seeking Care at an Orofacial Pain Unit.Frontiers in neurology · 2019Article
- The effect of subjective sleep latency on BMI of medical interns during and before COVID-19 pandemic.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil)Article
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Abstract
Diurnal preference, or chronotype, determined partly by genetics and modified by age, activity, and the environment, defines the time of day at which one feels at his/her best, when one feels sleepy, and when one would prefer to start his/her day. Chronotype affects the phase relationship of an individual's circadian clock with the environment such that morning types have earlier-phased circadian rhythms than evening types. The phases of circadian rhythms are synchronized to the environment on a daily basis, undergoing minor adjustments of phase each day. Light is the most potent time cue for phase-shifting circadian rhythms, but the timing and amount of solar irradiation vary dynamically with season, especially with increasing distance from the equator. There is evidence that chronotype is modified by seasonal change, most likely due to the changes in the light environment, but interindividual differences in photoperiod responsiveness mean that some people are more affected than others. Differences in circadian light sensitivity due to endogenous biological reasons and/or previous light history are responsible for the natural variation in photoperiod responsiveness. Modern lifestyles that include access to artificial light at night, temperature-controlled environments, and spending much less time outdoors offer a buffer to the environmental changes of the seasons and may contribute to humans becoming less responsive to seasons.
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