People who struggle to get out of bed are smarter, study suggests
| Updated: Mar 6, 2018, 14:51 IST
How many times have people told you'll that you're wasting your time sleeping? Well, we sure have got that a lot! But today, finally, we've got an answer for doing so! And it's backed by science too! A study, published in 2009 by Elsevier, illustrates that being in control of when you go to sleep and wake up is a sign of intelligence!
The snooze button is a relatively new invention and is something that evolution has not prepared us for. Being able to hit snooze and adapting to this new way of living and sleeping means you're more intellectual, according to authors Satoshi Kanazawa and Kaja Perina. Ignoring the rule of getting up as soon as your alarm sounds — acting on what your body needs instead — means you are more likely to follow your ambitions and tackle your problems yourself, as stated in the study. The scientific report is supported by a similar 1998 study undertaken by the University of Southhampton which looked at the socioeconomic situations of 1,229 people in correlation with their sleeping patterns. It showed that those people who went to bed after 11 pm and got up after 8 am earned more money and enjoyed a happier lifestyle.
Now, while you might think that your creative juices will flow better by sleeping-in longer, too much sleep is not advised either!
The snooze button is a relatively new invention and is something that evolution has not prepared us for. Being able to hit snooze and adapting to this new way of living and sleeping means you're more intellectual, according to authors Satoshi Kanazawa and Kaja Perina. Ignoring the rule of getting up as soon as your alarm sounds — acting on what your body needs instead — means you are more likely to follow your ambitions and tackle your problems yourself, as stated in the study. The scientific report is supported by a similar 1998 study undertaken by the University of Southhampton which looked at the socioeconomic situations of 1,229 people in correlation with their sleeping patterns. It showed that those people who went to bed after 11 pm and got up after 8 am earned more money and enjoyed a happier lifestyle.
Now, while you might think that your creative juices will flow better by sleeping-in longer, too much sleep is not advised either!