University of Arizona researchers recently got a multimillion dollar federal grant to study how being awake late at night could impact a person's ability to make decisions.
The five-year study paid for by a $3.8 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health focuses on the mind-after-midnight hypothesis developed by UA researchers, who say suicides are three to four times more likely to occur between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m.
Their theory is if someone is awake when their brain wants to be asleep, they’re more likely to make impulsive and bad decisions.
Study results will let UA researchers assess how people experience emotional processing, complex decision making and stress late at night.
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