Social Network Differences of Chronotypes Identified from Mobile Phone Data Talayeh Aledavood Department of Computer Science, Aalto University, FI-00076 AALTO, Espoo, Finland Sune Lehmann DTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark...
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Social Network Differences of Chronotypes Identified from Mobile Phone Data Talayeh Aledavood Department of Computer Science, Aalto University, FI-00076 AALTO, Espoo, Finland Sune Lehmann DTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark and The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Jari Saram¨aki Department of Computer Science, Aalto University, FI-00076 AALTO, Espoo, Finland (Dated: September 21, 2017) arXiv:1709.06690v1 [physics.soc-ph] 20 Sep 2017 Human activity follows an approximately 24-hour day-night cycle, but there is significant indi- vidual variation in awake and sleep times. Individuals with circadian rhythms at the extremes can be categorized into two chronotypes: “larks”, those who wake up and go to sleep early, and “owls”, those who stay up and wake up late. It is well established that a person’s chronotype can affect their activities and health. However, less is known on the effects of chronotypes on the social be- havior,
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