Nocny optymizm - dlaczego w nocy nasze pomysły wydają się lepsze?

Why does everything seem like a brilliant idea in the evening... but in the morning it sounds like complete nonsense? In this episode, we'll explore what happens to our brains after dark. Why do we come up with creative ideas more easily at night, but also make worse decisions? And why texting an ex at 3:00 a.m. might seem like a great idea. You'll learn the story of an extraordinary experiment in which a person spent 63 days in a cave without a watch and no sunlight. This study revealed how our internal biological clock works and why, without morning light, our daily rhythms begin to fall apart. We'll also discuss: • why stimulants and snacks seem more tempting at night • why our prefrontal cortex works less well after midnight • what the "Mind After Midnight" hypothesis is • why creative ideas more often emerge at suboptimal times of day • and why evolution likely designed nighttime as a time for sleep, not decision-making Finally, we'll return to the question from the beginning: why do our ideas seem brilliant in the evening... but completely absurd in the morning? Albums in the background: Pink Floyd - Momentary Laps of Reason Paradise Lost - One Second Sources: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...