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Ultradian behaviour cycles in a village community of Colombian Indians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Alfred Meier-Koll  and
Barbara Schardl
Alfred Meier-Koll
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany
Barbara Schardl
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany
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Summary

The daily activities observed in a Colombian village community of contemporary hunting and gathering people were analysed with respect to their time structure. Short term cycles of about 2 hours could be detected in both individual and common behavioural patterns. These behaviour cycles of individual group members appear to have been synchronised by social interaction. From temporal variations of individual activities a common ultradian time frame emerged.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , October 1994 , pp. 479 - 492
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Copyright © 1994, Cambridge University Press

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