“Larks” vs. “Owls”: Who is smarter? New study by scientists

Highly intelligent people are often portrayed as “night owls.” They say they work late and achieve amazing results. However, a new study from the University of Ottawa calls this idea into question, Ukr.Media reports.

“When key factors, including sleep time and age, are taken into account, the opposite is true: morning types tend to have superior verbal abilities,” the scientists said.

The research team determined the participants' chronotypes by tracking their biological rhythms and daily preferences. A person's chronotype is related to when during the day they prefer to perform complex or important tasks. It turned out that “larks” have higher verbal intelligence, that is, the ability to analyze the information received, systematize it and reproduce it in the form of speech (verbal) signals.

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