Cognitive functions and underlying parameters of human brain physiology are associated with chronotype

Mohammad Ali Salehinejad; Miles Wischnewski; Elham Ghanavati; Mohsen Mosayebi-Samani; Min-Fang Kuo; Michael A. Nitsche

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24885-0

Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Cognitive functions and underlying parameters of human brain physiology are associated with chronotype

Mohammad Ali Salehinejad,
Miles Wischnewski,
Elham Ghanavati,
Mohsen Mosayebi-Samani,
Min-Fang Kuo,
Michael A. Nitsche

Affiliations

Mohammad Ali Salehinejad: Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors
Miles Wischnewski: Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen
Elham Ghanavati: Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors
Mohsen Mosayebi-Samani: Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors
Min-Fang Kuo: Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors
Michael A. Nitsche: Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24885-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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How being a “morning person” or “evening person” affects human cognition and brain physiology is not well understood. Here the authors show evidence of an association of chronotype with cognitive functions and related physiological parameters.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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