EVENING PEOPLE FUNCTION BETTER THAN MORNING PEOPLE

A new study from Imperial College London on cognitive function looked at data on more than 26,000 adults who’d completed tests to gauge intelligence, reasoning, reaction time, and memory. They found those who slept for seven to nine hours per night experienced optimum brain function. But also, they looked at the test subjects’ chronotype, or natural preference for evening or morning activity. They found that those inclined to be more active in the evenings performed better on tests than those more active in the mornings. Night owls scored 13.5% higher than early birds types in one group, and 7.5% better in another group. Morning people, according to the study, “consistently showed the lowest cognitive scores.”
* (pause) What?
* I’ve ready this story three times and I still don’t understand it.
* Did the morning people have to take the test while they were still half asleep?
* Well, congratulations, evening people, although none of you are listening right now.