Honking your horn, increased libido, donating to charity: how the changing of the seasons changes us
and sleep patterns, and decreased energy. Many more people experience less extreme versions of these symptoms during the winter months .
But it’s not just our moods that shift with the changing of the seasons. In a new review , my colleagues and I found that seasons affect a wide range of mental and behavioral phenomena. Here I highlight some of these findings and discuss some potential reasons we identified for why seasons may affect us in the ways that they do.It’s a widely held folk belief that people become more irritable and more aggressive when it’s hot outside. It turns out there’s more than a grain of truth to this idea.
The seasons also appear to influence how kind we are to others. For example, charitable contributions in countries with Christian traditions increase dramatically around Christmas . People in these societies are also more likely to tip their waiters generously during the holiday season . Combing through the literature, we found a range of other ways that seasons shape our psychology. Our cognitive performance, our preference for different colors and different types of music, and the kind of foods we tend to eat all vary over the course of the year . For example, one study conducted in Belgium found that people had the hardest time keeping their focus in the summer and the easiest time doing so in the winter .
Seasons may also cause shifts in other key aspects of our environments in ways that in turn could lead to psychological and
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