Is our perception of distance regulated by a circadian rhythm?

By Peter Freel

Issue 329 | Page 51 | Published Jun 2008

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Human ability to estimate length is found to be determined, in part, by a circadian rhythm mainly affecting the skeletal and muscle systems.

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