Does The Moon Really Affect Our Mood And Behavior?

MessageToEagle.com – Is it really possible that our Moon can affect our mood and behavior? Can the Moon be blamed for  a bad night’s sleep or create   physical and mental alterations?

Our Moon has been as object of ancestral fascination and mythical speculation for centuries. It was often thought that the Moon was in someway responsible for our actions, but is there any science behind these myths?

In order to find out if lunar phases somehow do affect humans a group of scientists from the Eastern Ontario Research Institute studied 5812 children from five continents to see if their sleeping patterns changed or if there were any differences in their daily activities.

“We considered that performing this research on children would be particularly more relevant because they are more amenable to behavior changes than adults and their sleep needs are greater than adults,” said Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput, from the Eastern Ontario Research Institute.

The selected children were boys and girls of different age from a wide range of economic and sociocultural levels.

According to the study, the gravitational forces have extremely little affect on our mood and behavior.

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“Our study provides compelling evidence that the moon does not seem to influence people’s behavior. The only significant finding was the 1% sleep alteration in full moon, and this is largely explained by our large sample size that maximizes statistical power,” said Chaput.The clinical implication of sleeping 5 minutes less during full moon does not represent a considerable threat to health. “Overall, I think we should not be worried about the full moon. Our behaviors are largely influenced by many other factors like genes, education, income and psychosocial aspects rather than by gravitational forces,” he added.

While the results of this study are conclusive, controversy over the moon could result in further research to determine if our biology is in some way synchronized with the lunar cycle or if the full moon has a larger influence in people suffering mental disorders or physical ailments.

“Folklore and even certain instances of occupational lore suggest that mental health issues or behaviors of humans and animals are affected by lunar phases. Whether there is science behind the myth or not, the moon mystery will continue to fascinate civilizations in the years to come,” he said.

it should be noted that this study contradicts a previus study conducted some years ago accroding to which scientists said they can offer evidence the lunar cycle does affect human sleep.

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