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  #1 Sandra Flores on 22 Sep 14

   

  For centuries, people believe that their health or behavior are influenced by the moon. In popular belief, especially belief holds that one bad sleeping in full moon nights. But there are actually a scientifically demonstrable link?
  
  
  

  \n Some studies have already addressed in Nachanalysen of previously \ncollected for a purpose other sleep data on the influence of the moon on\n human sleep. \n However, the effects on sleep were rare with objective methods, such as\n the sleep EEG, analyzed and the results were very different. In some studies, the phases of the moon seemed particularly affecting women, in others again especially on men. \n Two analyzes of data sets, each with 30 to 50 participants from the \nyears 2013 and 2014 consistently showed that sleep duration is shortened\n in full moon nights. However, for other measurements they came to controversial results. \n For example, it was shown in one of the two analyzes indicate that the \nonset of REM sleep - the stage of sleep in which we dream of all - is \ndelayed at new moon. In the other study, however, a delay in full moon nights was found.

  \n To avoid incidental findings, as they are possible in studies with \nsmall number of participants, the researchers examined data from 1,265 \nvolunteers now sleep from 2097 nights. \n "After having evaluated this large number of data, we were able to \nearlier results from other studies do not confirm," says Martin Dresler,\n a neuroscientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry in Munich \nand Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour in Nijmegen, \nNetherlands . \n "We could not demonstrate a statistically demonstrable relationship \nbetween human sleep and the phases of the moon." During these \ninvestigations his team found additional unpublished analyzes of over \n20,000 bed nights, which could also not detect any influence of the \nmoon. \n Have not published these results, an example of a distorted publication\n practice could be as it is, for example, also known as "drawer \nproblem".

  \n This refers to the phenomenon that although many studies conducted, but\n never published - instead they remain in the drawer of the researcher. \n The tendency to publish only positive or significant results, but not \nnegative or inconclusive, is a much discussed issue in science, medicine\n and pharmacy.

  \n So far, the influence of the moon on human sleep by the post-analysis \nof previously collected for a purpose other records was examined. \n "In order to avoid the very obvious limitations of such Nachanalysen, \nwould have well-considered and well-adapted to the purpose of the \nexperiment series with a large number of subjects performed," commented \nDresler.

  
  

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">For centuries, people believe that their health or behavior are influenced by the moon. In popular belief, especially belief holds that one bad sleeping in full moon nights. But there are actually a scientifically demonstrable link?<br /><br /><img width="400" class="wysiwyg-image" title="Image: https://www.diigo.com/file/image/rcqoeeszcdaabbpdpzbobeqdas/IMG_1586.jpg" height="235" src="https://www.diigo.com/file/image/rcqoeeszcdaabbpdpzbobeqdas/IMG_1586.jpg" /><br /><p> \n Some studies have already addressed in Nachanalysen of previously \ncollected for a purpose other sleep data on the influence of the moon on\n human sleep. \n However, the effects on sleep were rare with objective methods, such as\n the sleep EEG, analyzed and the results were very different. In some studies, the phases of the moon seemed particularly affecting women, in others again especially on men. \n Two analyzes of data sets, each with 30 to 50 participants from the \nyears 2013 and 2014 consistently showed that sleep duration is shortened\n in full moon nights. However, for other measurements they came to controversial results. \n For example, it was shown in one of the two analyzes indicate that the \nonset of REM sleep - the stage of sleep in which we dream of all - is \ndelayed at new moon. In the other study, however, a delay in full moon nights was found. </p><p> \n To avoid incidental findings, as they are possible in studies with \nsmall number of participants, the researchers examined data from 1,265 \nvolunteers now sleep from 2097 nights. \n "After having evaluated this large number of data, we were able to \nearlier results from other studies do not confirm," says Martin Dresler,\n a neuroscientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry in Munich \nand Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour in Nijmegen, \nNetherlands . \n "We could not demonstrate a statistically demonstrable relationship \nbetween human sleep and the phases of the moon." During these \ninvestigations his team found additional unpublished analyzes of over \n20,000 bed nights, which could also not detect any influence of the \nmoon. \n Have not published these results, an example of a distorted publication\n practice could be as it is, for example, also known as "drawer \nproblem". </p><p> \n This refers to the phenomenon that although many studies conducted, but\n never published - instead they remain in the drawer of the researcher. \n The tendency to publish only positive or significant results, but not \nnegative or inconclusive, is a much discussed issue in science, medicine\n and pharmacy. </p><p> \n So far, the influence of the moon on human sleep by the post-analysis \nof previously collected for a purpose other records was examined. \n "In order to avoid the very obvious limitations of such Nachanalysen, \nwould have well-considered and well-adapted to the purpose of the \nexperiment series with a large number of subjects performed," commented \nDresler. </p><br /></div>

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