Night owls may struggle to continue working until official retirement age: Evening chronotype linked to 70% heightened risk of needing a disability pension
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/scientificarticles/p/1434081/night-owls-may-struggle-to-continue-working-until-official-retirement-age-evening-chrono
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Here's a study that claims night owls are "cognitively superior" and that whatever chronotype you are, you must organize your life around that.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/study-finds-night-owls-have-superior-cognitive-function-compared-to-early-risers
Here is a study that claims you are not beholden to whatever chronotype you think you are, and can retrain yourself.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news-archive/2019/night-owls-can-retrain-their-body-clocks-to-improve-mental-well-being-and-performance
And here's a study that suggests there are actually 6 chronotypes.
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-say-there-are-6-human-chronotypes-not-just-morning-people-and-night-owls
brb, i need to decide if I am a moderately active chronotype or a daytime sleepy chronotype and what effect that will have on my chances of requiring a disability pension or developing diabetes.
Here’s a meme that says I am a perpetually exhausted pigeon.
It's all these morning people who make me live on their schedule that are killing me.
Haha, that feels great as someone with severe delayed sleep phase disorder 😀🙃
I used to think I was a night owl, but then I bought darkening curtains and a bright artficial dawn lamp. I spend severals hours in the dark before bedtime, and the electric sun rises one hour before I need to wake up.
This shows why it's necessary:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_response_curve
Bio hacking your circadian rhythm is super rewarding!