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A year of quarantine has meant more flexibility for the people at their best late in the day, but working nontraditional hours requires some negotiation with team members
The old saying ‘the early bird catches the worm’ might be especially fitting when it comes to peak mental and physical performance.
The lead researcher, Dr Elise Facer-Childs, of the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Human Brain Health, said the findings “could be partly driven by the fact that night owls tend to be compromised throughout their lives”.
Dr Facer-Childs says “By acknowledging these differences and providing tools to improve outcomes we can go a long way in a society that is under constant pressure to achieve optimal productivity and performance.”
“Like everything in a relationship, it’s about balance”. This is what sleep scientist, Dr Elise Facer-Childs says you should do if you and your partner have different body clocks.
Over three weeks, the subjects not only changed their behaviour, but their physiology and health outcomes; measuring their melatonin and cortisol, researchers found they had shifted their rhythms.
The answer rests on far more than just what time you like to wake up or go to sleep: a new investigation reveals fundamental differences in the brains of so-called morning larks and night owls, which may explain why owls struggle to fit into a 9-to-5 society.
Our internal body clock has such a dramatic impact on sporting ability that it could alter the chances of Olympic gold, say researchers.
The study, published in Current Biology, showed performance times varied by 26% throughout the day.
Sleep and productivity experts weigh in on how to get your morning mojo back; ‘Whatever you do, don’t log on to your work email’
