Born in spring? Excessively positive.
By The American Bazaar Staff
WASHINGTON, DC: Those who scoff at Linda Goodman’s sun signs may be in for a shock with this new study: babies born in the summer are more prone to be irritable with vagaries of mood swings than their winter counterparts.
Scientists and researchers from Budapest, Hungary, studied 400 people and matched their personality type to when in the year they were born, reported The Telegraph. The conclusion was that people born at certain times of the year have a far greater chance of developing certain types of temperaments, which can lead to mood disorders.
The reason: seasons had an influence on certain monoamine neurotransmitters, such as dopamine and serotonin, which control mood. However, the researchers concede that more research was needed to find out why, so don’t be quick to reject a date who is born in the summer, and seek for peaceful winter bliss.
The study discovered that the number of people with a “cyclothymic” temperament, characterized by rapid, frequent swings between sad and cheerful moods, was significantly higher in those born in the summer.
Those with a hyperthymic temperament, a tendency to be excessively positive, was significantly higher among those born in the spring and summer.
The study also found that those born in the autumn were less likely to be depressive, while those born in winter were less likely to be irritable.
The study is being presented at the annual conference of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday.