Your Birth Season Might Determine Your Temperament
Your Birth Season Might Determine Your Temperament – A new study says the season you’re born in can determine your temperament — and one season has a surprising outcome.
According to a new study, temperatures affect temperament. The season you were born in can determine what kind of general mood you have. You might be a little surprised about which season indicates which mood.
You’d think that people born in summer would be sunnier but that’s only sort of true. According to the study, people born in spring and summer do tend to be more positive but people born in summer are much moodier than others, often swinging between cheerful and sad. And those born in the icy cold of winter are naturally born even-tempered, the research shows.
The study comes from researchers in Hungary and was just presented in Berlin. It looked at 400 people, matching their general moods with when they were born. Researchers found that seasons influence certain neurotransmitters – chemicals which transmit signals between the neurons in your brain. The ones they influence, dopamine and seratonin, control your mood.
The scientists still need to look into how exactly this happens. They say,”We can’t yet say anything about the mechanisms involved. What we’re now looking at is to see if there are genetic markers which are related to season of birth and mood disorder.”
But they say this could provide a more scientific explanation for something that’s long been folklore. Ever check you horoscope, for example? What’s your sign? And of course, we’ve long known seasons can affect our current moods. If you have seasonal affective disorder (SAD), you’ll likely be depressed in fall and winter. What’s new about this study is it’s claiming when you’re born can affect your mood the rest of your life. Future parents … something to think about!
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