The Health Benefits Of Being A Night Owl

More Creative

Night owls tend to be more creative as proven in a 2007 scientific study published in Personality and Individual Differences that demonstrated that night owls possessed greater creativity. Researchers at Milan’s Catholic University of the Sacred Heart had 120 volunteers answer a questionnaire about their sleeping habits and perform a series of tests. During one such test, for example, the participants were given images of curved and straight lines. They were told to draw more lines to complete a picture and then give it a title. People who kept nocturnal hours produced more drawings than participants who did not.

The researchers speculated that night owls’ greater creativity was due to their unconventional lifestyle and need to solve problems posed by their preference for nighttime. They also found that older night owls, contrary to the stereotype, were as creative as their younger fellows.

Next, uncover the reasons why night owls are more alert than early birds.