If you imprisoned someone in a cell where they can’t see the outside world at all, and gave them a clock that runs 3 times slower, would they eventually happily sleep once every three days, and for a long time? Why or why not?

Question

If you imprisoned someone in a cell where they can’t see the outside world at all, and gave them a clock that runs 3 times slower, would they eventually happily sleep once every three days, and for a long time? Why or why not?

In: Biology

Answer 1

There have been studies that when deprived of natural light, the body will naturally drift toward a 48-hour sleep cycle (24hr awake, 24hr asleep)

I can’t see the introduction of a slow clock having an effect at all.