Researchers examine the wake-up times of German Twitter users

Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 06:20 in Psychology & Sociology

For many people, the alarm clock rings much too early on Mondays. These people suffer from a mismatch between their social obligations and natural human circadian rhythms that are dictated by the biological clock, which is normally set by the sun. Chronobiologists call the difference in mid sleep time on work and free days "social jetlag". Researchers at the University of Potsdam and the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences recently studied whether posts on social media can be used as a new data source for understanding sleep and wake activity.

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