SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
It has been known for a long time that early risers work less efficiently at night than night owls do. But researchers from the Higher School of Economics and Oxford University have uncovered new and distinctive features between the night activities of these two types of individuals. At night, early risers demonstrate a quicker reaction time when solving unusual attention-related tasks than night owls, but these early risers make more mistakes along the way.
Twenty-six volunteers (13 male, 13 female) with an average age of 25 participated in the study. Participants were required to stay awake for 18 hours, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., and adhere to their normal routine. At the beginning and end of their time spent awake, the participants completed an Attention Network Test (ANT) and a Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire to help assess their chronotype.
[...] Overall, the evening people turned out to be slower but more efficient compared to the early risers, according to the second ANT taken at 2:00 a.m. after 18 hours of being awake. 'On the one hand, it's known that night owls are more efficient in the late hours, but how this influences the speed and accuracy with which attention-related tasks are completed remains unclear. Our study demonstrated how night owls working late at night "sacrifice" speed for accuracy,' explained Andriy Myachykov.
Nicola L. Barclay, Andriy Myachykov. Sustained wakefulness and visual attention: moderation by chronotype. Experimental Brain Research, 2016; DOI: 10.1007/s00221-016-4772-8
(Score: 3, Informative) by Appalbarry on Wednesday December 21 2016, @06:06AM
Because morning people are intensely annoying to the rest of us!
"I jog four miles each morning before work!"
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Wednesday December 21 2016, @04:47PM
Now, that? That's an advantage to being a morning person.
I respect people who exercise regularly, it's good for their bodies and their brains.
I resent people who resent people who exercise.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 21 2016, @08:19PM
I can jog four miles each afternoon before work! Except morning people won't let me come in later. People aren't resenting those who exercise, we're resenting those who force us to exercise in the morning. Not everyone can wake up that early. You're forcing us to work during our least productive hours and mandating we attempt to sleep through our most productive hours.
Then tons of those morning people say they can't get going unless they drug themselves into wakefulness (coffee) and say so with a large sense of pride. The self-denial of these people is mind-boggling. Productivity would be far better if everything ran on later schedules despite the energy of morning people as most of their energy is fake.
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Wednesday December 21 2016, @08:30PM
All I can really say is that I acknowledge the validity of your point.