1) German biological term 2) German psychology term
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A zeitgeber is any external or environmental cue that entrains, or synchronizes, an organism`s biological rhythms to the Earth`s 24-hour light/dark cycle and 12 month cycle. ==History== The term `zeitgeber` (German for `time giver` or `synchronizer`) was first used by Jürgen Aschoff, one of the founders of the field of chronobiology. His ...
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rhythmically occurring event that cues organisms' biological rhythms
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(from the article `nervous system, human`) ...deviates slightly from the Earth`s 24-hour cycle; a bird`s endogenous cycle is 23 hours, and the human cycle is 25 hours. In both cases the cycle ...
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Zeitgeber: An environmental agent or event that provides the cue for setting or resetting a biological clock. To be synchronized with our environment, we need the input of Zeitgebers. The most important Zeitgeber in nature is light. Social factors, chemical factors and activity can also serve as Zeitgebers. Light is a so-called photic type Zeitgebe...
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an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock.
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