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What is a chronotype?

What is a chronotype? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The totality of factors, associated with circadian rhythms, that determine if an individual is most alert in the morning or in the evening.
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They selected their participants by chronotype, focussing on those who fell on either side of the Horne-Ostberg scale — those who preferred morning and those who preferred night.
Or am I in the clear because my night-owl chronotype makes me an evening angel?
Certain aspects of the personality, such as chronotype and introversion-extroversion, have also been associated with the degree of adaptation.
Whether you have a morning or evening chronotype is dictated by your biological 24-hour clock.
For songbirds, early risers may have a greater chance of successfully producing offspring and passing along their chronotype to the next generation.
Changing your chronotype takes about two weeks, but you have to stick with it.

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