Its more to do with the individuals circadian rhythm and what kind of thinker you are. A persons hard wiring determines this and its couldn't be more obvious than with the wife and myself.
She is an early riser, very academic, has a very good short term memory and excels in mental tasks and mathematics, is tidy and organised, never ever late for anything.
Myself, i struggle early on in the day, have difficulty with mathematics, have a low attention span when it comes to written word but love to write, have more creative bones, can pre visualize most things, have a deeper appreciation for the arts and achieve my best "thinking" later on in the day/night am a bit unorganized when i have "projects" ongoing and don't mind being a bit late now and then.
That makes it look like i only think there are two types of people on this planet and obviously i know this and i know the diversity of humans is infinite but its just pointing out the differences between the two extremes.
I think i read somewhere that people with slight brain trauma were more likely to have a breakthrough due to having to work things out over and over again? Is this right i can't remember