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The Human Brain Isn't Meant to Be Awake Past Midnight, Scientists Warn
Neuroscientists say the human brain's internal clock is calibrated for a world without electric light, and when we keep it awake past midnight we're fighting millions of years of biology. Sleep researchers point to the prefrontal cortex — the part that handles judgment and self-control — as the first system to degrade on a late-night schedule. The advice is blunt: go to bed, because your brain was never designed to be conscious at 2am.
Source: The Human Brain Isn't Meant to Be Awake Past Midnight, Scientists Warn — ScienceAlert
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