India, Nov. 13 -- Are you someone who frequently pulls all-nighters? Or just in general resonate with night owl tendencies? If your productivity and usual alertness levels are higher at night, science finally has an answer for why your brain may feel sharper as the night sets in. As expected, not everything is unconditional, and this, too, has a catch. But it does bring to light how the brain processes information as fatigue settles in. Nighttime is usually the time when one may feel tired because of the internal clock of the body indicating it's time to rest, but new findings suggest that the very fatigue may actually make your brain learn better.

A Japanese study published in the Neuroscience Research journal holds some answers to the ...