Whether it’s because we don’t have to get up early, we’re not sleepy or directly because we’re playing the video game console or watching television, there are many nights that we go to bed after midnightsomething that can be totally normal, but that can have very negative consequences for our health.
And it is that now a new investigation published in Frontiers in Network Physiology presents a new hypothesis that suggests that the human mind becomes more susceptible to negative thoughts and destructive behavior after midnight if you are on alert.
While previous studies have commented that nighttime wakefulness leads to cognitive and behavioral dysregulation, they now reveal that changes in cognition and behavior occur when the person remains awake after midnight.
And it is that according to the neurologist elizabeth klerman from Harvard University notes thatthere are millions of people who are awake at midnight, and there is evidence that their brain does not work as well as it does during the day”.
He adds that “the influence of heart rate on brain activities changes over 24 hours affecting the way we process our experiences and respond to the world around us”.
And it is that we respond positively during the day more than at night and for this he explains that “circadian influence peaks in the morning and lowest in the evening”. He also comments that our body produces more dopamine at night, which can change our reward and motivation system that could lead us to engage in risky behaviors.
In this way, it is recommended for our body that we try to be asleep by midnightsomething that will not only be good for our health in the short and medium term, but will also help us perform better during the day.