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The 'temporal affective pattern' can be applied in various real-world scenarios. For instance, in the workplace, understanding this pattern can help in scheduling tasks based on the energy levels of employees. High cognitive tasks can be scheduled in the morning when people are more energized and positive. Routine tasks can be assigned during the afternoon slump, and creative tasks can be set for the evening when people rebound. Similarly, in education, tests or complex subjects can be scheduled for the morning when students are likely to be more alert, and less demanding subjects can be set for the afternoon.
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What we think of as natural units of time were really invented by our ancestors; and the one universal time unit is the day. Numerous studies have shown that there is a rhythm to the day that holds across all cultures and countries—a "temporal affective pattern" where people are more energized and positive in the morning, plummet into a trough in the afternoon, then rebound in the evening.
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