Insomnia in some adults may be driven by a fear of the dark, Canadian researcherssay.In their small study of 93 college men and women, Ryerson University researchers found more poor sleepers than good sleepers confessed a fear of the dark."I think the most surprising part of the study is that people told us," says researcher Colleen Carney, PhD, associate professor of psychology at Ryerson University, Toronto.She and her team confirmed participants were afraid of the dark during sleep lab experiments.The research is being presented at Sleep 2012, the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, in Boston.To see more details visit,www.webmd.com
