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Are you a morning person?  Or a night owl? A new study says something really fluky.  "Morning people," who reported greater alertness at sunrise, 'self-handicapped' more in the morning. "Night owls," who reported greater alertness at sunset, 'self-handicapped' more in the evening, according to newswise.com. "Self-handicapping" is defined by psychologists as when an individual seeks to protect their ego against potential failure in advance by creating circumstances -- real or imagined -- that harm their ability to carry out a stressful task. A classic example is failing to study or staying out too late the night before an important test or job interview.  Now, who hasn't done that? Both my husband and I ended relationships early in our dating life because our mates were night owls.  He and I, morning people if there ever were morning people, couldn't hack the late-night parties and getting up at noon, so we eventually ...

Both my husband and I dated people who liked to party and stay out all night.  Needless to say, the relationships didn't work out. He and I are both morning people.  And now a new study says it may just be in our DNA. According to newswise.com, the study found that there may be genes in our DNA that can be linked back to someone who is a morning person.   “In this study we set out to discover more about an individual’s preference toward early rising and were able to identify the genetic associations with “morningness” as well as ties to lifestyle patterns and other traits,” says Youna Hu, PhD, who led 23andMe’s research on the paper. The study revolved around a database that yielded genetic insights into a variety of conditions and traits, and potentially how those genetic factors are affected by behavior and environment.   Morningness is governed by differences in circadian rhythm, which have previously been linked to medically relevant traits such as...