Research published in the journal BMJ Public Health suggests that night owls may have better brain performance than early risers.
All people have one chronotype different, that is, the natural predisposition to have more energy depending on the time of day. There are those who have one in the morning, called larks, and those who have one in the evening, called owls.
Although science has often indicated that those who tend to sleep Latecomers are more likely to have problems health It has been suggested that this may also provide benefits, particularly at brain level.
According to a study published in the journal BMJ Public Health who analyzed the effects of sleep on brain performance, night owls may have higher cognitive function than early risers.
Why Sleeping Late Could Sharpen Your Brain
In their study, researchers from Imperial College London analyzed data from 26,000 people, obtained via the British Biobank. Their goal was to discover how sleep factors, including duration, models (chronotype) and quality could impact mental acuity.
Using the database, the team compared information from adults who took cognitive tests and identified themselves as “morning people” or “evening people” when asked to describe their sleep preferences.
One of the findings was that sleeping between 7 and 9 hours each night is the ideal time for good brain function. while sleeping less than this amount, or even more, leaves negative effects. But that’s not the only thing that influences.

According to the study, each person’s chronotype also has a direct impact on mental acuity.Owls, which are more likely to sleep late, performed better on cognitive tests than larks, which sleep early. Those with an intermediate profile also had higher levels on cognitive tests than early risers.
“Adults who are naturally more active at night – what we call ‘evening people’ – tend to perform better on cognitive tests than those who are ‘early risers,'” lead author Raha West said in a statement in Cancer at Imperial College London.
“Beyond simple personal preferences, these chronotypes could affect our cognitive function” he added.
West emphasizes that despite the results, “this doesn’t mean that all morning people have worse cognitive abilities,” but rather that it’s a “general trend” that many night owls have better cognition.
“While it is possible to change one’s natural sleep patterns by gradually adjusting bedtime, increasing exposure to light at night, and maintaining a consistent sleep schedule, completely changing from a morning person to a night person is complex,” the expert concludes.
However, other researchers outside the study have expressed reservations about the findings. Jessica Chelekis, professor of sustainable global value chains and sleep expert at Brunel University London, told Guardian that research has “significant limitations” because it did not take into account the participants’ education level and did not include the specific time of day that the cognitive tests were conducted.
Source: Latercera

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