Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know?
There seems to be two kinds of people – those who wake up bright and early ready to roll, and those who slog through the day and perk up when the sun goes down. Even though there’s nothing wrong with being one or the other, day people do seem to have the advantage, since the business world (and school world, when you’re a kid) operates on a 9-5 schedule.
“A huge number of people struggle to deliver their best performance during work or school hours they are not naturally suited to,” said lead researcher Dr. Elise Facer-Childs. “There is a critical need to increase our understanding of these issues in order to minimise health risks in society, as well as maximise productivity.”
Roughly 50% of people identify as a night owl, which for the purpose of the study meant going to bed “late” and rising after 8:20am.
If that’s the half of the world you fall into, this new study published in the journal Sleep proves it’s not just something you can up and change – your brain is physically and chemically different from those who leap out of bed in the morning.
The international team of scientists, led by the University of Birmingham in…
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