Monthly Archives: November 2010 «
Morningness versus Eveningness
Interesting topic: morningness versus eveningness. My self I am a morningness person. Early to rise, get most of the work done in the morning.
In colloquial terms, individuals oriented towards morning types were often labelled ‘‘Larks”,
and individuals oriented towards eveningness were labelled ‘‘Owls”
Morningness and eveningness is part of our chronotype. Besides heritable factors our chronotype also depends on gender, age, culture and social and environmental zeitgebers. A zeitgeber is any exogenous (external) cue that synchronizes an organism's endogenous (internal) time-keeping system (clock) to the earth's 24-hour light/dark cycle. The strongest zeitgeber, for both plants and animals, is light.
Girls and women .....read more »
Final Verdict: Internet Enhances our Social Lives
From a sample from 13 countries, the Internet doesn't make us more lonely, the Internet improves our social lives. The critics of Internet suggesting that the Internet has a negative impact on us can be put at ease, the Internet doesn't ruin our social lives.
Recent research took into account the different kinds of usage of the Internet. It can be used to as a supplement on the communication with friends and relatives but it also can be used as a substitute for more traditional forms of communication and traditional social ties.
This result is in contrast with previous research. In .....read more »






