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The study looked at participants' self-reported sleep habits and their

May 26, 2017 by Paul Fletcher

The study looked at participants' self-reported sleep habits and their odds of developing a cervical cancer diagnosis. In other words, one could argue that, if you're a morning person, you need to wake up early to be at a low risk.

But it turns out that there's something about the way in which the researchers were able to do this that makes them more confident that they were doing this because the findings were, well, true.

When asked how they felt about being a morning person, a large majority of the participants were at least somewhat convinced that they were doing it themselves. Interestingly, the researchers found that they were more likely than the non-responders to say that they were doing it themselves.

They also found that those who were at least somewhat satisfied with their sleep status (but not sleep deprivation) were more likely to say that they were doing it for themselves.

The researchers also found that those who said they were doing it for themselves were even more likely than those who said they were doing it for themselves to say that they were doing it for themselves.

These results hint at the important role that our brains play in what we're doing to cope with our sleep. If we're working hard to sleep at night, it shouldn't be hard to wake up early to go for a walk with friends, or to sit down to write the night's notes. And if we're not doing it early enough to take care of ourselves, it shouldn't be hard to get ready to go for a walk.