A press release from the University of Aickland dated April 17th, 2012 described a recent study done there that linked anesthesia to a feeling of jet-lag following surgery.
The researcher, Dr. Guy Warman, noted, “Our work shows that general anesthesia effectivly shifts you to a different time zone, producing chemically-induced jet-lag. It provides scientific explanation for why people wake up from surgery feel as though very little time has passed.”
Dr. Warman goes on to state, “It’s been known for sometime that after anesthesia, people’s biological clocks are disrupted and this can compromise their sleep pattern and mood as well as wound healing and immune function.”
This interesting work was done on honey bees which are known to have a keen sense of time.
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