Night Owls Have Better Cognitive Function Than Early Risers, Claims New Study
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Night Owls Have Better Cognitive Function Than Early Risers, Claims New Study

News 18  

A recent study has revealed a strange thing regarding the benefits of staying late at night. Waking up early in the morning is very crucial as it benefits the body, but according to a new study, staying up late at night is very beneficial as it reveals that people who stay up late at night, their brain works better than those who wake up early in the morning. People who stay awake late at night are termed as night owls, while those who wake up early in the morning are referred to as early birds. The study showcases that night owls have better cognitive function, whereas the early risers have the lowest scores on these parameters. According to researchers, whether people sleep early or late at night, everyone should get enough sleep between 7 to 9 hours.

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Are you a night owl? Science says staying up late can make you more vulnerable to stress, anxiety and depression
1 week, 2 days ago

Are you a night owl? Science says staying up late can make you more vulnerable to stress, anxiety and depression

Hindustan Times  

Are you someone who loves staying up late but often finds yourself feeling down? A study reveals night owls face increased depression risks due to poor sleep and low mindfulness. The findings revealed clear trends: night owls had poorer sleep, drank more alcohol, and scored lower on "acting with awareness", a mindfulness trait linked to staying present rather than running …

Night owl or early bird? Here's how your inner clock impacts your health
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Night owl or early bird? Here's how your inner clock impacts your health

NPR  

Night owl or early bird? Science journalist Lynne Peeples says the body's circadian rhythms are sensitive to many different types of changes — but especially to sunlight. Sponsor Message Peeples says she quickly lost sense of time, and began suffering from clumsiness and brain fog: "I think day seven or eight, I was just dropping everything and super uncoordinated." Peeples …

Can a night owl become a morning person?
4 months ago

Can a night owl become a morning person?

Live Mint  

Internet entrepreneur Ankur Warikoo was always a night person. “In addition, one becomes more ‘evening’ as a child through adolescence and early adulthood, then more morning as one passes early adulthood," she says. Ensure routine regularity: A 2024 study in the journal Sleep associates consistent bedtimes and wake times with improved outcomes “across multiple dimensions of health and performance—including alertness, …

Night Owls Wiser Than Early Risers
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Night Owls Wiser Than Early Risers

Deccan Chronicle  

In a world where “early to bed and early to rise” is a celebrated mantra for success, a groundbreaking study led by researchers at Imperial College London claims that late sleepers might actually be cognitively sharper than their early-rising counterparts. “If we can embrace more flexible work hours that accommodate different sleep patterns, I believe we’ll see a boost in …

New Study Reveals The 1 Edge Night Owls Have Over Early Birds
8 months ago

New Study Reveals The 1 Edge Night Owls Have Over Early Birds

Huff Post  

miniseries via Getty Images “We found that night owls, or those more active in the evening, tended to perform better on cognitive tests than morning larks,” said Raha West, the study's lead author. The early bird may get the worm, but a new study suggests night owls may make up for it with “superior” cognitive function. Jena Ardell via Getty …

Being a 'night owl' might make your brain sharper
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Being a 'night owl' might make your brain sharper

Hindustan Times  

'Night owls' performed better than 'morning larks' in cognitive tests, a study found. Study shows 'night owls' outperform 'morning larks' in cognitive tests The UK-based study, published July 11, 2024 in the journal BMJ Public Health, looked at data from more than 26,000 people, who had completed a number of cognitive tests.The aim was to find out how different aspects …

Read This If You Regularly Go To Bed After 1 A.M.
9 months, 1 week ago

Read This If You Regularly Go To Bed After 1 A.M.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING You probably don’t feel your best when you stay up until the wee hours of the night. It didn’t matter if subjects classified themselves as early birds normally or night owls ― going to bed after 1 a.m. hurt people mentally, the study found. And you’re not going to bed for several hours after the sun has …

Are you a night owl? 5 reasons sleeping late at night is increasing your diabetes risk
1 year, 6 months ago

Are you a night owl? 5 reasons sleeping late at night is increasing your diabetes risk

Hindustan Times  

Night owls are those who stay up late into the night or even early morning hours and are able to doze only after that. Here are all the reasons why night owls are more at risk of diabetes as per an expert: "In today's fast-paced world, many individuals find themselves staying up late into the night, earning the title of …

Being a ‘night owl’ increases risk of diabetes by 19% – study
1 year, 6 months ago

Being a ‘night owl’ increases risk of diabetes by 19% – study

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Being an “evening person” or a “night owl” increases the risk …

SERIOUS! 'Night owls' may have greater risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease
2 years, 6 months ago

SERIOUS! 'Night owls' may have greater risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease

India TV News  

People who are 'night owls' could have a greater risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease than those who are 'early birds' as a new study has found that our wake/sleep cycles cause metabolic differences and alter our body's preference for energy sources. The researchers found that those who stay up late have a reduced ability to use fat …

Brain function of night owls different from larks, says study
6 years, 1 month ago

Brain function of night owls different from larks, says study

Hindustan Times  

Night owls -- people who go to bed and get up later -- have fundamental differences in their brain function compared to morning larks, which may put constraints on their normal working day, a study has found. Brain function of night owls different from larks, says study Researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK and colleagues found that …

Society favours morning people over night owls – here’s why it matters
6 years, 2 months ago

Society favours morning people over night owls – here’s why it matters

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Larks performed best earlier in the day, and were 7 to 8 per cent better …

‘Night owls’ at greater risk of heart disease, diabetes
6 years, 3 months ago

‘Night owls’ at greater risk of heart disease, diabetes

Hindustan Times  

If you are a night owl or prefer sleeping late at night and are having trouble waking up early, then you are at a higher risk of suffering from heart disease and Type-2 diabetes than early risers. Eating late in the day was found to be linked to an increased risk of Type-2 diabetes because the circadian rhythm influences the …

Third of Britons are self-confessed 'night owls', study claims
6 years, 5 months ago

Third of Britons are self-confessed 'night owls', study claims

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Christine Hansen, holistic sleep expert and spokeswoman for eve …

Night owls may have 10 percent higher risk of early death, study says
6 years, 11 months ago

Night owls may have 10 percent higher risk of early death, study says

Salon  

Do you wake up bright eyed and bushy-tailed, greeting the sunrise with cheer and vigor? And, in our new study, we compared risk of dying between night owls and morning larks. We found that night owls had a 10 percent increased risk of death over this six-and-a-half year period compared to larks. For example, gradually advancing your bedtime – going …

Hit the bed early every night. If you don’t get enough sleep, you will die soon
6 years, 11 months ago

Hit the bed early every night. If you don’t get enough sleep, you will die soon

Hindustan Times  

Staying up awake late in the night will make you feel much more than just being groggy in the morning. According to a study, if you are a “night owl”, or like to stay up late and have trouble dragging yourself out of bed in the morning, you are at a higher risk of dying sooner than morning “larks,” people …

Bad news for night owls. Their risk of early death is 10% higher than for early risers, study finds
6 years, 11 months ago

Bad news for night owls. Their risk of early death is 10% higher than for early risers, study finds

LA Times  

“Night owls” – people who like to stay up late and have trouble dragging themselves out of bed in the morning – have a 10% higher risk of dying sooner than people who naturally wake up when the sun rises. Scientists have long studied whether night owls are saddled with health impacts — some research has linked a preference for …

Why you shouldn’t try to be a morning person
7 years, 4 months ago

Why you shouldn’t try to be a morning person

BBC  

Why you shouldn’t try to be a morning person 15 November 2017 Amanda Ruggeri Features correspondent Getty Images Does the thought of plunging into a cold pool at daybreak give you chills? Research shows that morning versus evening types show a classic left-brain versus right-brain division For about half of us, this isn’t really an issue. Morning people set higher …

Are you a night owl or a lark? Take the science-based test
7 years, 11 months ago

Are you a night owl or a lark? Take the science-based test

Daily Mail  

There are two types of people: those who spring out of bed in the morning and those who repeatedly reach for the snooze button. However, there is a scientific reason for why some are morning people and others a night owls – an individual chronotype that determines your body’s biological preference for sleep. Scroll down for video There is a …

Here’s why morning people should not work at night
8 years, 3 months ago

Here’s why morning people should not work at night

India TV News  

If you are a morning person, working in night shifts may affect you more, a study said, adding that morning persons are more prone to make errors when working at night. The study showed that morning persons completed their tasks quicker than the night persons, but with errors. "Our study demonstrated how night owls working late at night 'sacrifice' speed …

Scientists say night owls still more tired than early birds because genetics
8 years, 4 months ago

Scientists say night owls still more tired than early birds because genetics

Daily Mail  

Heard of the term 'social jet lag'? Snooze: Sleep scientists say that people are suffering from 'social jet lag' when they are night owls that have to get up early New research published in the medical journal Pediatrics surveyed High School students on their sleep habits. The study found that even when students clocked in the same hours in bed, …

Feeling tired? Night owls can blame their body clock
9 years, 7 months ago

Feeling tired? Night owls can blame their body clock

ABC  

News in Science Feeling tired? Night owls can blame their body clock Sleep research Night owls feel worse effects from lack of sleep the next morning because their body clock can't adjust to getting up early, researchers have found. Late body clock The clear picture to emerge from the study was that the time at which melatonin levels started to …

Night Owls and Early Risers Have Different Brain Structures
11 years, 3 months ago

Night Owls and Early Risers Have Different Brain Structures

Huff Post  

Are you one of those people who rises before dawn and never needs an alarm clock? Scientists at Germany's Aachen University conducted brain scans of early risers, night owls, and "intermediate" chronotypes who fell in between the two ends of the spectrum. They found that compared to early risers and intermediates, night owls showed reduced integrity of white matter in …

Night owl teens not as lean
13 years, 6 months ago

Night owl teens not as lean

ABC  

Teenagers who stay up late and sleep in tend to put on more weight than their early-bird peers, say Australian researchers. "This study shows the teenagers that have that pattern of late to bed, late to wake up don't have as good health outcomes," said study co-author Dr Carol Maher from the University of South Australia. Sleep patterns change as …

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