2006-10-27 04:27:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
The moon is just a place.
2006-10-27 04:27:56 · answer #1 · answered by Webballs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All my life I heard the old stories. People would say: "Just ask cops or workers in Psych hospitals if the full moon doesn't effect people!"
Well, now I'm a grad student in psychology and I HAVE spoken with law enforcement and psych hospital personnel and everyone I've talked with has said "NO." There is not difference that they can tell. A few of them had worked in their field for 20 years or more. (I would sure like to meet with some of these people these Answerers claim that said it does!! LOL)
And besides, look at it scientifically:The only force the moon exerts on the Earth is gravity. But the gravitational force the Earth exerts on us is stronger, much stronger than that of the moon. So obviously the brain is not affected by gravitational pull.
Oh, I forgot. There might be a few schizophrenics out there who look up and see a full moon and if it fits in with their specific delusions, they might get agitated. But I wasn't counting them; I figured you meant the behavior of a normal person. And besides: they have done studies with even mentally disturbed people who claimed the full moon affected them, but if that person was kept indoors unable to SEE the moon, there was no effect!!
2006-10-27 04:40:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ask any law enforcement personnel, health care workers, and bartenders. They will tell you most definitely on a full moon night all hell breaks loose. Been there, done that. Full moon means it's going to be a very busy night! People just wig out for some reason.
2006-10-27 04:37:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. The moon controls the gravitational pull of the oceans. We are 70% water after all. My mom works in a nursing home and she says that the tenants get really wild at times and then she realizes it is a full moon.
2006-10-27 04:35:10 · answer #4 · answered by Kamunyak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it most certainly has an effect on me. I have weird dreams when there is a full moon and i become irritable and/or spaced out during the day.
My mother ( who lives in europe) plants all her vegetables according to the moon...she swears by it. She has a moon calendar and she does everything according to the moon from having a haircut to mowing the lawn. Don't ask me how it works...but she has the whole thing down....
2006-10-27 04:43:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Haven't you heard of werewolves? They come out when the moon is full and terrorize old ladies into giving them all their candy on Halloween.
2006-10-27 04:36:39 · answer #6 · answered by Kevin B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
since we're 80 percent water, and the moon pulls tides
it can be responsable for something happening with our bodies
2006-10-27 04:29:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the moon has influenced my behavior and directed my emotions since the beginning of time...
2006-10-27 04:29:18 · answer #8 · answered by Ladiabla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Policeman, firefighters and doctors in the emergency rooms say that it does. They have more calls during a full moon.
Scientist say no.
2006-10-27 04:34:26 · answer #9 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems to...
at least, statistics show more accidents and violent crimes when there's a full moon.
2006-10-27 04:29:26 · answer #10 · answered by KoKo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋