There are a few benefits for staying up late and they are of course being more productive and more creative,” says Dr. Sharad Paul over email. “The ability to stay up late is linked to adenosine activity in brain, and these are the same receptors that caffeine targets. Studies have shown that people with inherently more adenosine activity may ‘naturally’ be night owls.A study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences found that more intelligent children are more likely to go to bed late and wake up late on both weekdays and weekends.Research from the University of Alberta found that while morning people’s strength stays consistent throughout the day, night owls demonstrate peak strength in the evening. According to Olle Lagerquist, a Ph.D, co-author of the study, this could be the result of “increased motor cortex and spinal cord excitability in the evening,” he said to CNN.There’s a reason so many people enjoy working at night: It encourages creativity. A study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences found that night owls are more likely than early risers to come up with creative solutions to problems.A study published in the journal Science found that night owls generally outlast early birds in how long they could stay awake and mentally alert before becoming mentally fatigued
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