#20: Morning People & Night People

Kim and Jim discuss the apparent phenomenon of morning people and night people. Is there a biological difference between “morning people” and “night people”? Why do people tend to get foggy in the afternoon? Why do children and the elderly both tend to favor early mornings? Find out all this and more, on this episode of Minding the Brain!

Explore Further:

Schools Start Too Early

https://www.cdc.gov/features/school-start-times/index.html

Aligning Work and Circadian Time in Shift Workers Improves Sleep and Reduces Circadian Disruption

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)00128-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982215001281%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

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