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URL: Seiko Group Co., Ltd. Press release: November 29, 2024 Is your body clock a morning person? Night owl? Seiko Group releases chronotype diagnostic tool
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/36299/143/36299-143-28f748318eae8ed55dc6ba78aca7a250-1808×833.png Seiko Group Co., Ltd. (Chairman, Group CEO, Group CCO Shinji Hattori, Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter referred to as “Seiko”) aims to help customers manage their work, sleep, and health by promoting “morning people” and ” We have released a tool that allows you to diagnose your chronotype (body clock type), such as “night owl”. “Chronotype” is the daily rhythm of the body, so to speak, an internal body clock.Since it is innate to each individual, it is becoming clear that it is difficult to correct it through lifestyle habits or individual effort. With the chronotype diagnosis tool, you can find out whether your chronotype is “strong morning type,” “morning type,” “intermediate type,” “evening type,” or “strong night type” by answering 19 questions online. You can also check advice based on the diagnosis results from Makoto Ichikawa (Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Chiba University), a leading expert on time studies. Chronotype diagnostic tool:
https://www.seiko.co.jp/csr/stda/chronotype/ *This diagnostic tool is based on Kaneyoshi Ishihara, Akio Miyashita, Maki Inukami, Kazuhiko Fukuda, Katsuo Yamazaki, and Hiroshi Miyata, “Survey results using the Japanese version of the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire,” Psychological Research, 1986. Created under the supervision of Professor Ichikawa, based on Volume 57, No. 2, pages 87-91.
■Production background Every year, Seiko publishes the results of its research on modern time in the “Seiko Time White Paper.” In the 2024 survey, we conducted a simple survey that diagnosed the respondents’ chronotypes into three types: “morning type,” “intermediate type,” and “evening type.” When we compared it with the actual life rhythm, 18.9% of people had the chronotype. It turns out that the actual rhythm of life does not match (see the figure below). In general, in social life there is a timetable that follows rules, and a lifestyle rhythm that matches that is required, so there may be a discrepancy between your own chronotype and the rhythm of your daily life. Therefore, by knowing your own chronotype, you may be able to obtain hints for finding a more comfortable lifestyle rhythm, so this diagnostic tool will help each person find their own way to spend their time when they are rich. I created this in the hope that it will be helpful. Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/36299/143/36299-143-a1acdc22c678e49d4cd610577529b44b-1153×416.png Chronotype (body clock) according to life rhythm Seiko Time White Paper 2024 https://www.seiko.co.jp/csr/stda/archive/2024/
■Characteristics of the diagnostic tool 1. By answering 19 questions related to daily rhythms such as wake-up time and bedtime, you can learn about your chronotype and its characteristics from among the five chronotypes.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/36299/143/36299-143-1d7bf53e68f2c7519e96909a08b382fb-1434×629.png 2. You can check the advice for each chronotype from Mr. Ichikawa, a leading expert on time studies, and the recommended life schedule according to your chronotype.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/36299/143/36299-143-756743120250426939f0a05b73eb384f-2006×1108.png Professor Makoto Ichikawa Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Chiba University Specializes in experimental psychology. Using experimental methods, he is engaged in research on the characteristics of time and space experienced by humans, perception, cognition, and sensitivity. Currently, I am investigating the characteristics of perceptual and cognitive processing of spatiotemporal information given to vision and hearing. He has written many books, including “Why is the time of adults so short?” (Shueisha Shinsho) and “Clock time, mental time – Is boring time becoming longer for some reason?” (Keiku Hyoronsha). He is a leading expert on time and serves as the president of the Japan Time Society.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/36299/143/36299-143-8c445529d173ee46d064e2e217839589-965×965.jpg Professor Makoto Ichikawa (Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Chiba University) Photo by Naoya Ochiai

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