the phrase "There must be a full
Moon out there"
It's coming March 16th
In an attempt to explain weird happenings at night. Indeed,
the Roman goddess of the moon bore a name that remains familiar
to us today: Luna Even today many people think the mystical
powers of the full moon induce erratic behaviors,
psychiatric hospital admissions, suicides, homicides,
emergency room calls, traffic accidents, fights at professional hockey games,
dog bites and all manner of strange events.
One survey revealed that 45 percent of college students
believe moonstruck humans are prone to unusual behaviors,
and other surveys suggest that Mental health professionals may
be still more likely than laypeople to hold this conviction. In 2007
several police departments in the U.K. even added more officers on
full-moon nights in an effort to cope with presumed higher crime rates.
what paramedics have claimed for years -
evidence that shows people go a bit nutty
when there's a full moon.
Dr Gordian Fulde has been the director of the emergency department at
Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital for 30 year says throughout his entire career
he's known people really do behave more strangely than they normally do
at the peak of the lunar cycle. "It's a very firm belief because
it's just been like this for years, decades and centuries,"
Dr Fulde said. However, science has only just caught up.
At the University of Basel in Switzerland, a study of sleep patterns
has proved the size of the moon makes a difference and people like
Dr Fulde should feel validated. His research showed the rate of deep
sleep dropped by 30 per cent around the full moon, people took
five minutes longer than normal to fall asleep, and they slept for
20 minutes less overall. The lunar cycle seems to influence
human sleep,even when one does not see the moon and is not aware
of the actual moon phase, said Dr. Cajochen
Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital for 30 year says throughout his entire career
he's known people really do behave more strangely than they normally do
at the peak of the lunar cycle. "It's a very firm belief because
it's just been like this for years, decades and centuries,"
Dr Fulde said. However, science has only just caught up.
At the University of Basel in Switzerland, a study of sleep patterns
has proved the size of the moon makes a difference and people like
Dr Fulde should feel validated. His research showed the rate of deep
sleep dropped by 30 per cent around the full moon, people took
five minutes longer than normal to fall asleep, and they slept for
20 minutes less overall. The lunar cycle seems to influence
human sleep,even when one does not see the moon and is not aware
of the actual moon phase, said Dr. Cajochen
An ambulance officer said that "a full moon would bring
out some interesting behaviour in people".Older paramedics
would say to you, 'Mate, brace yourself, it's a full moon',
out some interesting behaviour in people".Older paramedics
would say to you, 'Mate, brace yourself, it's a full moon',
"I guess you could generalise it as really quite erratic
behaviour, and more of it."
behaviour, and more of it."
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