Es cierto que existen estudios sobre la influencia de la luna en el
comportamiento de las personas?
Pues, sí. Por ejemplo éste:
Accidents a matter of chance? The significance of lunar phases and
biorhythms in trauma patients
Nijsten MW, Willemsen SE.
The belief that supernatural forces influence man's fate appears to be
increasing. Many people are convinced that unknown forces can cause
injuries. From a multitude of proposed possibilities, we selected two
factors that are claimed to affect the incidence of accidents. The first
theory holds that more accidents occur at the time of full moon. The second
theory concerns the three so-called biorhythms with their supposedly
critical days (physical, emotional, intellectual). The effect of the lunar
phase and the three biorhythms on accidents was determined from the dates
of accident and birth of trauma patients admitted to the University
Hospital in Groningen. We analysed data on all 29085 patients who were seen
at the outpatient department in the years 1981-1983 and on 930 severely
injury patients admitted in the years 1985-1989. At full moon even slightly
fewer patients than expected (24 percent vs 25 percent) were seen at the
emergency department. The number of severely injured patients was the same
during the four moon phases. The 'critical' biorhythm days were not
associated with increased number of accidents, neither for the patients
seen at the emergency department, nor for the severely injured patients.
Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Chirurgie, sectie Traumatologie, Groningen.