Six Curious Facts About Night Owls

This means they need to fall asleep and get up several hours later than is desirable  in accordance with social conventions.

When these people are allowed to choose their sleep schedule, they enjoy adequate rest in quantity and quality. However, having to go against their natural tendency means they suffer discomfort and difficulties. These symptoms are often serious enough to reach the proportions of a disorder.

We generally tend to think of early risers as more energetic and productive. Nevertheless, this isn’t entirely true.

In fact, if we talk about the number of hours that an individual can remain alert and mentally agile, the night owls win. In addition, some studies have found that, after ten hours of wakefulness, night owls demonstrate greater cerebral activation in the regions related to attention.

Sudies  show that, in tests that measure general intelligence (the so-called G factor), night owls obtain higher scores than their morning counterparts.

Despite this advantage in intelligence and the fact that their inductive reasoning capacity seems to be superior, nocturnal people tend to achieve worse academic and work performances .

The reason for this is that they’re forced to perform in their less functional hours. In addition, they’re suffering from significantsleep deprivation.

Sudies  show that, in tests that measure general intelligence (the so-called G factor), night owls obtain higher scores than their morning counterparts.

Despite this advantage in intelligence and the fact that their inductive reasoning capacity seems to be superior, nocturnal people tend to achieve worse academic and work performances .

The reason for this is that they’re forced to perform in their less functional hours. In addition, they’re suffering from significantsleep deprivation.

It seems that night owls tend to be more creative kinds of people. As a matter of fact, they use lateral thinking more than morning people . In other words, they show an advantage when it comes to finding alternative solutions and applying different and original points of view.

However, not everything is positive. In fact, research has suggested that night owls are more prone to diabetes, obesity, stress, psychological and neurological disorders. They’re even ten percent more likely to die earlier than early risers. This is closely related to their inability to adjust to schedules, leading to insufficient and low-quality sleep, poor diet, and worse lifestyle habits.

However, not everything is positive. In fact, research has suggested that night owls are more prone to diabetes, obesity, stress, psychological and neurological disorders . They’re even ten percent more likely to die earlier than early risers. Again, this is closely related to their inability to adjust to schedules, leading to insufficient and low-quality sleep, poor diet, and worse lifestyle habits.