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Researchers found that people go to bed later and get less sleep on the nights before a full moon, even in areas with significant light pollution.
The research looked at the sleep patterns of people living with varying degrees of access to electricity and internet, from rural indigenous communities in Argentina to college students in the US.
Their findings show that people’s sleep patterns correspond with the lunar cycle, and that, while previous studies have shown that people with electricity access tend to sleep less, the same patterns are still present.
How did the study work?
Researchers at Washington University analysed the sleeping pattern of three different groups of an Argentinian indigenous community, which each had a differing amount of access to electricity and technology.
Full moon makes you go to bed later and sleep less, study suggests
Researchers found that people s sleep cycles oscillate during the 29.5-day lunar cycle
27 January 2021 • 7:00pm
Full moon shines behind the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, December 31, 2020
Credit: REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
The full moon still affects our sleep patterns regardless of light pollution from outside, a study has found.
Researchers say people go to bed later and sleep less on nights leading up to a full moon, indicating that it has a major impact on human sleep patterns.
The study, published in the journal Science Advances, found that sleep cycles in people oscillate during the 29.5-day lunar cycle.