How The Time You Sleep May Affect Your Ageing

Science has offered a boost to self-identified ‘night owls’, confirming that some individuals naturally operate on a later chronotype, or sleep pattern, than early risers.

An Imperial College London study further found that these night owls, particularly older individuals, demonstrated superior performance on cognitive tests during their preferred mental peak.

This cognitive advantage was observed to be less pronounced among younger participants.

Nonetheless, most would agree the world is stacked in favour of early risers. But a 2024 study by Stanford researchers (published in Psychiatry Research) found that it’s not all unfounded bias – falling asleep past a certain hour seemed to be linked to worse ageing,........

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