"It's not
astrology — it's seasonal biology"
"It's important to emphasize that, even though this sounds a bit like
astrology, it is not: it's seasonal biology!"
— Professor Douglas
McMahon, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and
Science, Vanderbilt University
The
season
in
which
babies
are
born
can
have a dramatic and persistent effect on how their biological
clocks function, and actually result in changes in brain
physiology which impact lifelong behaviour. That is the conclusion of a
new study published online
on 5 December 2010 by the journal Nature Neuroscience. The experiment
provides the first evidence for seasonal imprinting of biological
clocks in mammals. The imprinting effect, which was found in baby mice,
may help explain the fact that people born in winter months have a
higher risk of a number of neurological disorders including seasonal
affective disorder (winter depression), bipolar depression and
schizophrenia.
When you are born makes a difference
to who you are, study shows
http://tinyurl.com/astrolology14
From Vanderbilt University News
Babies' biological clocks dramatically
affected by birth light cycle
http://tinyurl.com/astrolology15
From Science News [citation]
Season of Birth May Have Long-Term
Effects on Personality, Study Suggests
http://tinyurl.com/astrolology16
From the journal Nature Neuroscience
[citation]
Perinatal photoperiod imprints the
circadian clock
http://strdu.com/nature-neurosci.pdf