Kelly I W, Martens R
Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Psychol Rep. 1994 Aug;75(1 Pt 2):507-11. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1994.75.1.507.
Martens, Kelly, and Saklofske in 1988 examined 21 studies considering the possible relationship between lunar periodicities and birthrate. They reported that the majority of studies uncovered no relationship and that the positive studies were inconsistent in their findings. The present update reports on six additional studies on birthrate and lunar periodicities from five different countries. None of these studies produced evidence of lunar periodicities consistent with folklore or some previous studies.
1988年，马滕斯、凯利和萨克洛夫斯基对21项研究进行了考察，这些研究探讨了月亮周期与出生率之间可能存在的关系。他们报告称，大多数研究未发现两者之间存在关联，而那些得出肯定结论的研究在结果上并不一致。本更新报告了来自五个不同国家的另外六项关于出生率与月亮周期的研究。这些研究均未得出与民间传说或之前的一些研究一致的月亮周期证据。
