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| *it is likely that it disrupts the usual menstrual cycles linked to the moon phases | *it is likely that it disrupts the usual menstrual cycles linked to the moon phases | ||
| *a 2025 study showed those most exposed to night time light had a 56% higher chance of heart failure and 47% more likely to have a heart attack and that women and younger people were especially vulnerable to the impact of light exposure at night - women exposed to high levels of night light had similar heart failure risks to men, which is unusual because women typically have some natural protection against heart disease (([[https:// | *a 2025 study showed those most exposed to night time light had a 56% higher chance of heart failure and 47% more likely to have a heart attack and that women and younger people were especially vulnerable to the impact of light exposure at night - women exposed to high levels of night light had similar heart failure risks to men, which is unusual because women typically have some natural protection against heart disease (([[https:// | ||
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| + | =====Effects of acoustic stimuli during sleep===== | ||
| + | *for memory formation, it is not only crucial that slow brain waves occur, but also how they propagate throughout the brain | ||
| + | *randomly played non-targeted acoustic stimuli such as clicking noises disrupt deep sleep with the slow brain waves typical of this sleep phase occur less frequently and spread more irregularly across the brain and this can impair the consolidation of new memories - total sleep time may not be affected as light sleep duration increases at expense of deep sleep. (([[https:// | ||
| + | * perhaps this is why many campers hate caravans with diesel heaters as these heaters produce constant clicking noises | ||
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