Night Owls Have More Staying Power Than Early Birds, Brain Study Shows

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By Eliza Strickland
Apr 24, 2009 5:53 PMNov 5, 2019 9:00 PM
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Researchers have found fundamental differences between the brains of people who prefer to rise and greet the dawn each day, and those who don't mind seeing a sunrise, but only if it's at the end of a long night. A new study used brain scans and alertness tests to probe the brains of early birds and night owls, and found that

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