Do you suffer from insomnia? Maybe it's because you panic in the dark. Researchers from Toronto (Canada) have just shown that one of the factors that contributes to the high number of insomniacs in today's society is that many adults have a phobia of the dark , although they do not admit it. In their research with insomniacs and people who slept soundly, Taryn Moss and her colleagues at Ryerson University found that when an unexpected sound was generated, insomniacs often detected and react earlier in a room with the light turned off (in the dark) than with the light on. However, those who did not have sleep problems reacted at the same speed in both circumstances.
? It is possible that there are many people with this undiagnosed or untreated phobia ?, conclude the authors of the research, which was presented at the SLEEP 2012 Congress, dedicated to Sleep Medicine.
