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New discovery about people who stay up late

New discovery about people who stay up late

By HK DecorPublished about a year ago • 3 min read
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A study of 26,000 people found that night owls scored higher on tests of intelligence, reasoning and memory.

Perhaps we need to reconsider the view that people who stay up late and don't sleep until dawn will have difficulty doing well in their day's work.

People who stay up late tend to be smarter than people who go to bed early.

A recent study shows that staying up late can increase brain power , people who stay up late tend to be smarter than people who go to bed early.

Specifically, a research team, led by leading scholars from Imperial College London (UK), looked at data from the UK Biobank study on more than 26,000 people who completed tests of intelligence, reasoning, reaction time and memory.

They then examined how participants' sleep duration, sleep quality, and sleep chronotype (which determines the time of day when they feel most alert and productive) affected brain activity.

The researchers found that night owls had “ superior cognitive function,” while early risers scored the lowest.

Going to bed late has a strong connection to being creative. Artists, authors, and musicians known to be “night owls ” include: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, James Joyce, Kanye West, and Lady Gaga.

Politicians like Margaret Thatcher, Winston Churchill and Barack Obama are also known for sleeping little.

People who get 7-9 hours of sleep each night perform best on cognitive tests.

However, research has found that sleep duration is also important for brain function : People who sleep 7-9 hours per night perform best on cognitive tests.

“While understanding and adapting to your natural sleep patterns is essential, it is equally important to remember to get enough sleep , not too long or too short. This is important to keep your brain healthy and functioning at its best,” said Dr Raha West, lead author and clinical research fellow in the department of surgery and cancer at Imperial College London.

Professor Daqing Ma, co-leader of the study, also from Imperial's department of surgery and cancer, added: "We found that sleep duration has a direct impact on brain function and we believe that proactively managing sleep patterns is really important to promote and protect the way our brains function."

“Ideally we would like to see policy interventions to help improve sleep across the entire population ,” the professor added.

But some experts also called for caution in interpreting these findings.

“Without a detailed picture of what’s going on in the brain, we don’t know whether being a night owl or a morning person affects memory and thinking, or whether cognitive decline causes changes in sleep patterns,” said Jacqui Hanley, head of research funding at Alzheimer’s Research UK.

Jessica Chelekis, a senior lecturer and sleep expert at Brunel University London, said the study had “important limitations” because it did not take into account educational attainment or include the time of day the cognitive tests were taken in the results.

The main value of this research, she added, is to challenge stereotypes and prejudices around sleep.

People who stay up late tend to be smarter than people who go to bed early.

Specifically, a research team, led by leading scholars from Imperial College London (UK), looked at data from the UK Biobank study on more than 26,000 people who completed tests of intelligence, reasoning, reaction time and memory.

They then examined how participants' sleep duration, sleep quality, and sleep chronotype (which determines the time of day when they feel most alert and productive) affected brain activity.

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