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      <title>Activity 2. Debunking &#39;Scientific Myths&#39; by Mariel González Grunspan</title>
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      <pubDate>2023-01-13 19:24:23 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Myth: The full moon affects behavior</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>1. What is your myth about?</strong></div><div>The full moon's mystical powers cause erratic behaviors, suicides, homicides, traffic accidents, psychiatric hospital admissions, emergency room calls, and other sorts of strange events.</div><div>&nbsp;<br><strong>2. Which arguments disprove your myth? <br></strong>It has never been conclusively proven that the full moon affects behavior. Many studies have been done to find a relationship between a full moon and human behavior, but the results have been murky. "In fact, when a trio of researchers looked into more than 100 of these studies, they found none that could conclusively establish a connection between the full moon and human behavior, the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/10/24/dear-science-does-a-full-moon-really-change-human-behavior/">Washington Post</a> reports. What they found instead was a subpar body of research that was conducted poorly or did not properly account for variables. For example, one study they analyzed showed car accidents are more likely to occur on the night of a full moon. But the data used for the study was collected on full moon nights that occurred on the weekend, when a higher incidence of car accidents occurs no matter the stage of the moon, the Post reported" (The Forest Preserve District of Will County, 2020).<br><br></div><div><strong>&nbsp;3. Who is the source of information?<br></strong>The source of information is a webpage from The Forest Preserve District of Will County, called reconnectwithnature.org and The Washington Post.<br><br>The Forest Preserve District of Will County. (2020, February 1). <em>Myth buster: The full moon doesn't really change human behavior</em>. Reconnect With Nature. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/mythbuster-the-full-moon-change-human-behavior/&nbsp; <strong><br><br>4. Do you think it is reliable? Why?</strong><br>I do think it is reliable because the webpage is from an organization and the published date is recent (2020); it ends in .org, which means it is an organization website.</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-01-13 19:42:38 UTC</pubDate>
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