The secret life of your body clock [videorecording]
Contributor(s): British Broadcasting Corporation
| BBC Active (Firm).
Publisher: Frenchs Forest, NSW : BBC Active, 2006Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Uniform titles: Horizon (Television program) Subject(s): Biological rhythms | Circadian rhythms | ChronobiologyDDC classification: 612.022 Summary: Ticking away inside the human body are the timepieces that govern our daily and seasonal lives. This program shows how these biological clocks dictate physiological behavior-determining when our brains are most alert, when our stomachs are ready to break down food, and when our bodies want to sleep. Viewers learn why most babies are born in the early morning, why most teenagers want to sleep until noon, why most heart attacks occur between 8 and 10 am, and why most Olympic records are broken late in the day.
| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TC | 612.022 SEC 2006 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | AVSJx,AVSJx,02,CL | 1000525949 | |
| Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TU | 612.022 SEC 2006 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | SLASx,21003,02,GR | 1000523957 |
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Originally broadcast as a segment of the television program: Horizon.
Ticking away inside the human body are the timepieces that govern our daily and seasonal lives. This program shows how these biological clocks dictate physiological behavior-determining when our brains are most alert, when our stomachs are ready to break down food, and when our bodies want to sleep. Viewers learn why most babies are born in the early morning, why most teenagers want to sleep until noon, why most heart attacks occur between 8 and 10 am, and why most Olympic records are broken late in the day.
DVD.
Closed captioned.