Moonstruck sleep: Synchronization of human sleep with the moon cycle under field conditions

Autores
Casiraghi, Leandro Pablo; Spiousas, Ignacio; Dunster, Gideon P; McGlothlen, Kaitlyn; Fernandez Duque, Eduardo; Valeggia, Claudia Rita; de la Iglesia, Horacio Oscar
Año de publicación
2021
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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.
Fil: Casiraghi, Leandro Pablo. University of Washington; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Spiousas, Ignacio. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnologia. Laboratorio de Dinamica Sensomotora.; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Dunster, Gideon P. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: McGlothlen, Kaitlyn. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: Fernandez Duque, Eduardo. University of Yale; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Valeggia, Claudia Rita. University of Yale; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: de la Iglesia, Horacio Oscar. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Materia
Lunar rhythms
Sleep evolution
Qom
Natural sleep
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spelling Moonstruck sleep: Synchronization of human sleep with the moon cycle under field conditionsCasiraghi, Leandro PabloSpiousas, IgnacioDunster, Gideon PMcGlothlen, KaitlynFernandez Duque, EduardoValeggia, Claudia Ritade la Iglesia, Horacio OscarLunar rhythmsSleep evolutionQomNatural sleephttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Before 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.Fil: Casiraghi, Leandro Pablo. University of Washington; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Spiousas, Ignacio. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnologia. Laboratorio de Dinamica Sensomotora.; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; ArgentinaFil: Dunster, Gideon P. University of Washington; Estados UnidosFil: McGlothlen, Kaitlyn. University of Washington; Estados UnidosFil: Fernandez Duque, Eduardo. University of Yale; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Valeggia, Claudia Rita. University of Yale; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: de la Iglesia, Horacio Oscar. University of Washington; Estados UnidosScience Advances is the American Association for the Advancement of Science2021-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/164171Casiraghi, Leandro Pablo; Spiousas, Ignacio; Dunster, Gideon P; McGlothlen, Kaitlyn; Fernandez Duque, Eduardo; et al.; Moonstruck sleep: Synchronization of human sleep with the moon cycle under field conditions; Science Advances is the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Science Advances; 7; 5; 1-2021; 1-92375-25482375-2548CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abe0465info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abe0465info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:09:51Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/164171instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 10:09:51.902CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Moonstruck sleep: Synchronization of human sleep with the moon cycle under field conditions
title Moonstruck sleep: Synchronization of human sleep with the moon cycle under field conditions
spellingShingle Moonstruck sleep: Synchronization of human sleep with the moon cycle under field conditions
Casiraghi, Leandro Pablo
Lunar rhythms
Sleep evolution
Qom
Natural sleep
title_short Moonstruck sleep: Synchronization of human sleep with the moon cycle under field conditions
title_full Moonstruck sleep: Synchronization of human sleep with the moon cycle under field conditions
title_fullStr Moonstruck sleep: Synchronization of human sleep with the moon cycle under field conditions
title_full_unstemmed Moonstruck sleep: Synchronization of human sleep with the moon cycle under field conditions
title_sort Moonstruck sleep: Synchronization of human sleep with the moon cycle under field conditions
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Casiraghi, Leandro Pablo
Spiousas, Ignacio
Dunster, Gideon P
McGlothlen, Kaitlyn
Fernandez Duque, Eduardo
Valeggia, Claudia Rita
de la Iglesia, Horacio Oscar
author Casiraghi, Leandro Pablo
author_facet Casiraghi, Leandro Pablo
Spiousas, Ignacio
Dunster, Gideon P
McGlothlen, Kaitlyn
Fernandez Duque, Eduardo
Valeggia, Claudia Rita
de la Iglesia, Horacio Oscar
author_role author
author2 Spiousas, Ignacio
Dunster, Gideon P
McGlothlen, Kaitlyn
Fernandez Duque, Eduardo
Valeggia, Claudia Rita
de la Iglesia, Horacio Oscar
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Lunar rhythms
Sleep evolution
Qom
Natural sleep
topic Lunar rhythms
Sleep evolution
Qom
Natural sleep
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv 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.
Fil: Casiraghi, Leandro Pablo. University of Washington; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Spiousas, Ignacio. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnologia. Laboratorio de Dinamica Sensomotora.; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Dunster, Gideon P. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: McGlothlen, Kaitlyn. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: Fernandez Duque, Eduardo. University of Yale; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Valeggia, Claudia Rita. University of Yale; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: de la Iglesia, Horacio Oscar. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
description 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.
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