Angela
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See:
https://advances.sciencemag.org/con...es_2021-01-29&et_rid=545300225&et_cid=3648325
"[h=2]Abstract[/h]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. Here, we use wrist actimetry to show 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 Toba/Qom communities in Argentina to a highly urbanized postindustrial setting in the United States. Our results show that sleep starts later and is shorter on the nights before the full moon when moonlight is available during the hours following dusk. Our data suggest that moonlight likely stimulated nocturnal activity and inhibited sleep in preindustrial communities and that access to artificial light may emulate the ancestral effect of early-night moonlight."
This ties in with findings that people will fall asleep easier if they turn off the tv and laptops at least an hour before going to sleep. Reading a book with a small reading light is better. Better yet, just listen to classical music.
https://advances.sciencemag.org/con...es_2021-01-29&et_rid=545300225&et_cid=3648325
"[h=2]Abstract[/h]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. Here, we use wrist actimetry to show 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 Toba/Qom communities in Argentina to a highly urbanized postindustrial setting in the United States. Our results show that sleep starts later and is shorter on the nights before the full moon when moonlight is available during the hours following dusk. Our data suggest that moonlight likely stimulated nocturnal activity and inhibited sleep in preindustrial communities and that access to artificial light may emulate the ancestral effect of early-night moonlight."
This ties in with findings that people will fall asleep easier if they turn off the tv and laptops at least an hour before going to sleep. Reading a book with a small reading light is better. Better yet, just listen to classical music.