Brain Clock

[Venomblood]

Do you think it's possible that the brain knows what time it is without a clock? Two nights ago, I set an alarm to 3:50 to try and lucid. I had never set that time before, by the way. For the next two nights, I woke up at around 3:45. Also, just last night, I remember thinking about my alarm clock right before it woke me up.

[Zubin]

Do you think it's possible that the brain knows what time it is without a clock? Two nights ago, I set an alarm to 3:50 to try and lucid. I had never set that time before, by the way. For the next two nights, I woke up at around 3:45. Also, just last night, I remember thinking about my alarm clock right before it woke me up. Humans have biological clocks(just as most animals) which are based on 24 hour cycles of hormones and alertness. If you wish to know more, look up: A) Hypothalmus B) Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

[Moonbeam]

Definitely; this is a well-known phenomenon. I almost always wake up right before my alarm goes off.

[silicovolcaniosis]

you have a brain clock even when your awake, i used o skip p.e. in high school and i would always know exactly when it ended without knowing what time it is

[Barns]

The body is much cleverer than most people realise.

[Venomblood]

The body is much cleverer than most people realise. Apparently not. Thanks for the info everybody. But to add on to that, would it be possible to send that info to your conscious mind? For example, know what time it is (almost exactly) without being near a clock or have been near a clock for a while.

[Zubin]

Apparently not. Thanks for the info everybody. But to add on to that, would it be possible to send that info to your conscious mind? For example, know what time it is (almost exactly) without being near a clock or have been near a clock for a while. Yeah I've been able to do that but according to tests I'm a "bit" above average when it comes to the ratio between my mental and chronological age.

[Yosemine]

Apparently not. Thanks for the info everybody. But to add on to that, would it be possible to send that info to your conscious mind? For example, know what time it is (almost exactly) without being near a clock or have been near a clock for a while. Well, I'm pretty good at this if I don't overthink it. For example, I'm in class and really bored. Time seems to have dragged on forever, but I know that it has been about 20 minutes since I last looked. I glance at the clock and I'm within a minute. Even though time felt like it was going really slowly, I was aware of the time. It works better when time crawls though; when time seems to be going very fast it is much harder to know what time it really is. I also always wake up before my alarm. Even in a lucid dream, I woke myself up on purpose at exactly 5:50 (on a weekend no less) out of habit it seems. In nonlucid dreams, (except recent ones since I've been tired) I also wake up before the alarm a lot of the time.

[Venomblood]

Well, I'm pretty good at this if I don't overthink it. For example, I'm in class and really bored. Time seems to have dragged on forever, but I know that it has been about 20 minutes since I last looked. I glance at the clock and I'm within a minute. Even though time felt like it was going really slowly, I was aware of the time. It works better when time crawls though; when time seems to be going very fast it is much harder to know what time it really is. I also always wake up before my alarm. Even in a lucid dream, I woke myself up on purpose at exactly 5:50 (on a weekend no less) out of habit it seems. In nonlucid dreams, (except recent ones since I've been tired) I also wake up before the alarm a lot of the time. I can relate. In some dreams (non-lucid) I find myself thinking about waking up right before I actually wake up. One time I actually was thinking about my alarm the instant before it went off. And it was an alarm I had never set before, at a time I had never set before.