Slept badly? Had strange dreams? Blame the moon.
People have more weird and wonderful dreams around the time of the full moon, a British study found.
The content of our dreams doesn’t vary with the seasons or with the days of the week, it showed.
But in the week or so surrounding a full moon, they are decidedly more ‘weird and bizarre’.
Psychologist Richard Wiseman made the surprise discovery as he analysed the experiences of 1,000 volunteers who were played sounds as they slept.
He said: ‘For instance, someone might dream that they are flying on a dragon, then get off the dragon and go and have a cup of coffee with George Clooney. Some people dreamt they were superheroes.
‘They thought they were Batman or Superman, fighting crime. Whereas most dreams were very pedestrian, things like being in the office all day, typing.’
The findings build on Swiss research last year which found we take longer to fall asleep, sleep for 20 minutes less and sleep less soundly at full moon, Daily Mail informs.
