An exploration of the ‘Mind After Midnight’ can be seen in a 2022 study published in Frontiers in Network Psychology. However, neurologist Elizabeth Klerman calls for “more research” into the matter because the mind after midnight remains too much of a mystery. Veuer’s Chloe Hurst has the story!
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00:00An exploration of the mind after midnight can be seen in a 2022 study published in Frontiers
00:06in Network Psychology. The hypothesis of the same name confirms that our species is predisposed
00:13to feel and act in certain ways within the 24-hour cycle. Science Alert reports wakefulness
00:19during daytime enables an effective function of brain activity, for example hunting and gathering.
00:25Nights are reserved for rest, where humans are at greater risk of becoming de-hunted.
00:31The site reiterates people can be prone to risky, even fatal behaviors, with negative
00:36stimuli heightened at night. Suicide and self-harm are very common at this time.
00:42Neurologist Elizabeth Klerman from Harvard University explains,
00:45there are millions of people who are awake in the middle of the night,
00:49and there's fairly good evidence that their brain is not functioning as well as it does
00:53during the day. Klerman calls for more research into the matter,
00:57because the mind after midnight remains too much of a mystery.