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Sleep cycles change with the moon’s phase – Futurity: Research News
When people go to sleep and when they wake up changes with the moon, researchers report. The lunar effect may go back to our ancient ancestors.
On nights before a full moon, people go to bed later and sleep less, a new study shows.
In the new paper, researchers report that sleep cycles in people oscillate during the 29.5-day lunar cycle: In the days leading up to a full moon, people go to sleep later in the evening and sleep for shorter periods of time.
The researchers observed these variations in both the time of sleep onset and the duration of sleep in urban and rural settingsfrom Indigenous communities in northern Argentina to college…
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