Human Biological Clocks Depends On The Season You Are Born In
December 7th, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by GDBy Madhuri Dey
Dec 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new scientific study has revealed that depending on which season a child is born, his or her biological clock functions. It says that the weather conditions are likely to affect the child’s biological clock dramatically. The hypothesis has been reached after a study was conducted on mice.
According to study, the team of scientists found that the gene clock of mice born in the winter season is slow compared to that of mice born at the time of summer. The study says that the children who are born in the winter season are highly prone to the risk of getting affected by a number of neurological disorders, which even goes on to include the seasonal affective disorder also known as the winter depression, bipolar depression and even a fretful disease like schizophrenia. Douglas McMahon, professor of Biological Sciences of Vanderbilt University says that our biological clocks measure the length of the day and according to that our behavior fluctuates with the changing seasons. He further added that scientists are eager to find out if light signals in any way can affect the formation of the biological clock.
It is also said the scientific team has found out that the biological clocks of the summer born mice remains consistent with their behavior and are also in tune at the dusk hour. Whereas for the mice born in winter when placed in a summer light cycle has been found with a difference in their biological clock and behavior. This latest discovery has hinted that seasonal variations in the day and night cycle might affect human personality.
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