The Moon Can Affect The Dream

The moon can affect the dream

Introduction

Over the years, the full moon has been blamed for everything from the crime peaks to madness and baby booms. But could it also be the reason why some of you have difficult to fall asleep this week? Full moons are mentioned in people’s newspapers. Everyone is writing about Superlunas and Blue Moons these days these days. It can be just a self-fulfilling prophecy. For once, you may not be those drinks with caffeine or hours of screen time that has kept it awake.

Developing

Scientists from the University of Basel in Switzerland found evidence of a ‘lunar influence’ when they carried out a study with volunteers who slept in laboratory conditions. His results showed that during the full moon, his 33 volunteers (who did not know the purpose of the study and could not see the moon from their beds): he took five more minutes to leave him. I slept for 20 minutes less. I spent 30% less time in deep sleep.

But, curiously, the researchers suggested that it was not due to the extra light of the moon, since they were locked in a dark room. The most likely explanation, according to the investigation published in 2013 in Current Biology, was that they were somehow naturally tuned to the moon cycles. The man behind the study said: ‘The lunar cycle seems to influence human dream, even when one does not see the moon and is not aware of the real lunar phase’.

What can we do if the full moon affects our dream? In a word, nothing.

If the effects of the full moon on sleep were due to brightness, then the usual things, such as eye masks, would be useful. But the 2013 study suggested that it was not the light. ‘It is an academically interesting point, but it is not particularly useful, since you cannot prevent it from happening. There will be a full moon, and sometimes even two, every month, you like it or not ’. The investigation generated a stir when it was launched.

conclusion

It must still be followed with a greater group of people, and for a longer period, to rule out a casual finding. ‘It is one of those things that you instinctively believe, so finding an effect is interesting’. Unfortunately there has been no more research in this area since that study ‘. If people report that they have a worse dream after a full moon, it could be an example of confirmation bias, where people are more likely to notice and remember information that fits their beliefs.