Morningness-eveningness and intelligence among high-achieving US students: Night owls have higher GMAT scores than early morning types in a top-ranked MBA program

Intelligence

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-112

  Piffer, Davide ^a   Ponzi, Davide ^a   Sapienza, Paola ^b   Zingales, Luigi ^c   Maestripieri, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronotype; Cortisol; GMAT scores; Intelligence; MBA students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908083306     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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