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Written By: Editorial Team | Published : June 30, 2014 10:33 AM IST
A new study has revealed that people, who are more active through the night time, are bad at driving during early mornings. Researchers from the University of Granada have found that some people are 'morning-types' and others 'evening-types', as a function of the time of day when their biological and cognitive functions are more active and this has a marked influence on the individual's capacity to react when behind the driving wheel.
Evening-types drive worse during early mornings by comparison with their optimal time during the evening; however, morning-types are more stable drivers, both in the morning and the evening Angel Correa, principal author of the study said that certain professions involve performing tasks that require good attention vigilance like airline pilots, supervisors in nuclear power stations or surgeons. (Read: Live Happy Tip of the Day: Sleep well to keep negative thoughts away)
He further explained that a particular time of day can be a good or bad to perform these tasks as a function of the chronotype of the individual involved, although there are times that are bad for everyone, like siesta time or in the early hours between 3.00 and 5.00. The researchers also suggested that driving after more than 18 hours wakefulness entails the same level of risk as driving with the legal maximum level of blood alcohol, because our level of vigilance declines considerably. The study is published in Accident Analysis and Prevention. (Read: How warm milk before bed helps you sleep well)
How to become a morning person tips to wake up early?
Staying away too late in the night for a prolonged period of time can have side-effects on your health. And if you are depriving your body of eight hours of sleep, you can have more health complications. Give it a shot again with the help of these tips and become a morning person for good.
Prioritise sleep: Do not push it away by making excuses that you have a deadline. Make it a point to sleep at an assigned hour and waking up at a particular time.
Break the cycle: You sleep late, you wake up late and the cycle continues forever. Break this by forcing yourself to sleep at a particular time and then waking up early the next morning. You can make use of simple tips such as having a warm glass of milk before bed, exercising, etc to make yourself fall asleep.
Have patience: Do not worry if you fail once. The trick is to keep trying. Your body is used to a certain sleeping pattern and it will take a few days before it can accept a new one. Allow it to get used to it. You may not be able to get up on the first day but by the end of the week, you will notice your body is adapting to this new cycle. Continue to succeed.
Take one step at a time: In order to make sure you keep going, take baby steps. Set a goal but to reach it, devise a time-table. On the first day, sleep 15 minutes earlier than your regular time and wake up 15 minutes earlier. The next day, make it 30 minutes and so on till you finally reach your goal time. Read more about How to become a morning person tips to wake up early
With inputs from ANI
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