Relationship between circadian rhythm and brain cognitive functions

Xu, Shiyang; Akioma, Miriam; Yuan, Zhen

doi:10.1007/s12200-021-1090-y

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“…The internal biological clock in humans is related to the ability of individuals to perform better or worse on a given task during the morning or afternoon, depending on their type. Experimental studies have been conducted on human cognitive performances, with several limited insights (Carrier & Monk, 2000;Xu et al, 2021). For instance, tasks of a more schematic and repetitive type are generally better performed in the morning, unlike tasks of a more creative type (Mackenberg et al, 1974).…”

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“…The effects of ICED23 circadian rhythms are mainly investigated in attention, working memory and higher-order functions (such as cognitive association, inhibition, and flexibility). The behavioural and neurocognitive results in the literature are still inconsistent (May et al, 2005;Xu et al, 2021). Furthermore, the chronobiology effects interact with age in cognitive performance (Bonnefond et al, 2003).…”

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Chronobiology in Divergent Thinking: How Designers Are Affected by Time of Day

2023

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Chronobiology is the science that studies the role of time in biology. The study of time in human bodies revealed the presence of internal rhythms related to the time of day. Considering divergent thinking as one of the essential cognitive activities of conceptual design, this paper presents the results of investigating the effect of time of day on designers’ brain activity while performing divergent thinking tasks. An experiment was run with a revised Alternative Uses Task, measuring brain activity with an electroencephalogram (EEG) device. Students with different educational backgrounds were recruited for this experiment, including engineering and industrial design students, to determine if the time of day affected them differently. The brain waves and related power results show significant differences with respect to the time of day and educational background. The differences are particularly evident considering the interaction of these factors. Further studies are required to understand the relationship between the differences detected and the designers’ behavioural performance and to identify which time of day is most effective for idea-generation activities for designers.

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Section: Cognitive Performance Decision Making and Problem Solvingmentioning

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Section: Cognitive Performance Decision Making and Problem Solvingmentioning

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Chronobiology in Divergent Thinking: How Designers Are Affected by Time of Day

2023

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“…Circadian rhythms are modulated through exposure to external zeitgebers (a German word meaning ‘time‐giver’), and the dominant zeitgeber for mammals is light; the entrainment of the clock to salient environmental stimuli allows for the maintenance of adaptive rhythms and synchronization of internal time with external cycles (Burke et al, 2015; Farhud & Aryan, 2018; Jensen et al, 2016; Potter et al, 2016). However, circadian clocks are by definition internally generated and will persist in the absence of environmental cycles or time cues (Hastings et al, 2018) and manifest functionally in the temporal regulation of emotional (Correa et al, 2020), cognitive (S. Xu, Akioma, & Yuan, 2021), behavioural (Krylov et al, 2021), metabolic (Serin & Acar Tek, 2019) and endocrine processes (Neumann et al, 2019). Circadian rhythms can be detected at different levels through the cyclic expression of molecular markers, such as clock genes, endocrine markers such as melatonin and cortisol secretion, physiological markers such as core body temperature and behavioural markers such as sleep–wake cycles (Buttgereit et al, 2015).…”

Section: The Circadian System and Sleep–wake Timingmentioning

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“…PD patients with insomnia disorder have longer REM sleep onset latency compared to those without, suggesting problems relating to sleep initiation (Sobreira-Neto et al, 2020). Associations between insomnia symptoms and severity of motor symptoms in PD are reported to vary from positive associations (Caap-Ahlgren & Dehlin, 2001) to no association (Chung et al, 2013), but insomnia symptoms severity clearly associate with other non-motor symptoms, such as mood disorders, in PD (S. Xu, Akioma, & Yuan, 2021). Circadian clocks have been strongly implicated in the aetiology and symptomatology of insomnia disorder (Nobre et al, 2021), and as such, circadian dysfunction in PD may be an important contributor to the high level of insomnia reported in PD.…”

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Chronobiology of Parkinson's disease: Past, present and future

Asadpoordezaki

Coogan

Henley

2022

Eur J of Neuroscience

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Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder predominately affecting midbrain dopaminergic neurons that results in a broad range of motor and non-motor symptoms. Sleep complaints are among the most common nonmotor symptoms, even in the prodromal period. Sleep alterations in Parkinson's disease patients may be associated with dysregulation of circadian rhythms, intrinsic 24-h cycles that control essential physiological functions, or

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“…Previous literature points out a time of day effect on training response [ 18 ] and peak psychomotor performances in the afternoon [ 19 ]. Specifically, both physical and cognitive performances are influenced by the circadian rhythm due to the physiological variations occurring across the day mediated by the oscillation of hormone segregation in the body, e.g., [ 20 , 21 ]. However, the studies reporting on cognitive benefits of exercise in the morning and afternoon, are inconsistent.…”

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Cognitive Benefits of Exercise: Is There a Time-of-Day Effect?

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It is well established that physical activity benefits cognition. Further, the time of day one engages in physical activity has been suggested to influence cognition. Here, we aimed to understand if there is a time-of-day effect (morning or afternoon) of physical activity on cognition, i.e., if exercising in the morning or afternoon might bring greater cognitive benefits. A total of 56 participants were allocated to one of two groups with the same baseline cognitive performance as well as fitness level (International Physical Activity Questionnaire—IPAQ): 27 to the morning intervention (M) group; and 29 to the afternoon intervention (A) group. In both groups, the participants engaged in an intermittent recovery test (Yo-yo), 4 times a week for 12 weeks. All participants were assessed with the d2 Test of Attention and the Borg scale of perceived exertion pre- and post- acute and chronic intervention. After the first bout of exercise and after 12 weeks, we observed cognitive improvements both in the M and A groups. Surprisingly, we do not find differences between the time of day regarding cognitive benefits. Our results do not support the existence of a time-of-day effect for the attentional cognitive benefits of exercise.

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Relationship between circadian rhythm and brain cognitive functions

Cited by 32 publications

References 88 publications

Chronobiology in Divergent Thinking: How Designers Are Affected by Time of Day

Chronobiology in Divergent Thinking: How Designers Are Affected by Time of Day

Chronobiology of Parkinson's disease: Past, present and future

Cognitive Benefits of Exercise: Is There a Time-of-Day Effect?

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