Study: Sleep Starts Later and is Shorter on Nights before Full Moon | Biology – Sci-News.com

Before the availability of artificial light, moonlight was the only source of light sufficient to stimulate nighttime activity; still, evidence for the modulation of sleep timing by lunar phases is controversial. A new study, led by the University of Washington, shows a clear synchronization of nocturnal sleep timing with the lunar cycle in participants living in environments that range from a rural setting with and without access to electricity in indigenous communities in northern Argentina to…

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