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Your brain works better at night

Posted on Aug 29th 2007 8:32AM by Jonathon Morgan
Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss

Hate the mornings? Feel groggy, inept, and mentally sluggish during the afternoon?

Don't worry, you're normal.

A team of scientists recently discovered that time of day plays a significant role in how well your brain can learn. But what's even more surprising, is that their research also reveals that human brains learn best at night. Apparently it's all to do with our ancestors, whose bodies learned to adapt to different times of day in order to avoid predators.

Regardless, now I know why all my best ideas come in the evening -- we're all smarter when the sun goes down!

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