Some Researchers Have Suggested That Our 24-Hour Sleep/wake Cycle May

question 51

Multiple Choice

Some researchers have suggested that our 24-hour sleep/wake cycle may partially be a response to a world where the sun rises and sets on a 24-hour cycle. Imagine that the earth is gradually speeding up, and in 10,000 years the sun rises and sets on a 22-hour cycle instead. If you came to this future world you might expect that people would tend to

• A) follow the shortened cycle set by the sun and fall asleep once every 22 hours.
• B) follow the old cycle and still fall asleep once every 24 hours.
• C) show no consistent wake-sleep cycle.
• D) develop an even longer 26-hour sleep/wake cycle.

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