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We all have a preferred time for sleeping — a body clock. There are “morning people,” “evening people [aka 'night owls'],” and those in between. Our preferences for when to sleep are called chronotypes. And, increasingly, researchers have been investigating what happens to people whose body clocks are out of sync with the rest of society.
[...] Those who reported having a later chronotype (people who are night owls) had a 10 percent increased likelihood of dying compared to people who had an earlier chronotype. And this was true for people of all ages in the study, and for both men and women.
[...] It’s hard to know how all these risks interplay with one another, and there’s no clear answer as to why there may be health risks to being a late sleeper.
But here’s a compelling hypothesis: When our biological clock is out of sync with society’s, our whole biology gets thrown off, and many aspects of our lives grow more stressful. Having a very late chronotype is like living in a constant state of jet lag, which takes a toll on the body.
(Score: 3, Informative) by NotSanguine on Sunday April 29 2018, @11:43AM
Funny you should say that. I just watched this bit [c-span.org] and, apparently (although I wasn't surprised, being a night owl myself), the science agrees with you. Good show!
In case anyone is wondering why they should click that link (it's good cyber, fake Trump), it's a book discussion about Daniel H. Pink's (No relation to Dr. Who's Danny Pink) new book When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing [amazon.com].
So, if you read books, your probably want to get the book. If you don't, you might like to watch the video, as it gets into quite a bit of different stuff about how we use and perceive time, how our bodies and minds are impacted by timing, etc., etc.
There's a discussion of early birds and night owls, as well as the majority (who are neither), as well as a detailed description of a Nappuccino
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