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On Nights Before a Full Moon, People Go to Bed... On Nights Before a Full Moon, People Go to Bed Later and Sleep Less, Study Shows For centuries, humans have blamed the moon for our moods, accidents and even natural disasters. But new research indicates that our planet’s celestial companion impacts something else entirely — our sleep. In a paper published Jan. 27 in Science Advances, scientists at the University of Washington, the National University of Quilmes in Argentina and Yale Univ...

By Mike Cummings February 4, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this (© stock.adobe.com) Stayed up past your bedtime? Check the lunar cycle. Moonlight might be to blame. A new study co-authored by Yale anthropologists Claudia Valeggia and Eduardo Fernández-Duque found that lunar phases affect people’s sleep schedules. According to their findings, humans tend to stay up later and sleep less on evenings preceding a full moon,...

Phases of Moon May Influence Duration of Sleep, Menstrual Cycles, Scientists Say in New Study FOLLOW US ON: A new study suggests that the myth about the Moon influencing menstrual cycles and sleeping patterns may be true after all. According to a study conducted by scientists from the University of Washington, National University of Quilmes, and Yale University, it has been found that moon phases affect our duration of sleep and menstruation patterns in the female reproductive system. The paper...

Credit: University of Washington For centuries, humans have blamed the moon for our moods, accidents and even natural disasters. But new research indicates that our planets celestial companion impacts something else entirely -- our sleep. In a paper published Jan. 27 in Science Advances, scientists at the University of Washington, the National University of Quilmes in Argentina and Yale University report that sleep cycles in people oscillate during the 29.5-day lunar cycle: In the days leading...