It has begun the sixth month of the year, and if you are in your last weeks of pregnancy, your baby is likely to be born during the month of June, the month in which summer begins in the northern hemisphere.
Science has been in charge of studying the relationship between the time of birth and certain characteristics in people, and although of course many other factors influence personality and health, the results indicate that babies born in June are more likely than those born in other months of the year of some things that we tell you below.
They are cheerful and less prone to depression
Being born in the months of greatest sunlight is related to a willingness to have a cheerful personality , according to a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience .
Scientists at Vanderbilt University observed the mice to determine that summer light cycles tended to reduce the risk of seasonal affective disorder (winter depression), bipolar depression, and schizophrenia for those born in the summer months and increase for those born in winter.
They tend to be overly positive
A study from the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology states that people born in spring and summer are more likely to have a hyperthymic temperament , a tendency to be overly positive.
They are prone to mood swings
While they are prone to positivity, they can also be affected by mood swings. The cyclothymic temperament (characterized by rapid and frequent changes between sad and happy moods) is another characteristic found more frequently in babies born in the summer months in the Northern Hemisphere, according to the same study.
They are more likely to be myopic
A study of 300,000 young adults has shown that babies born in June and July had a 24 percent chance of becoming severely myopic than those born in December and January.
The reason could be due to the long, bright sunny days that summer babies encounter when they are born. As study co-author Michael Belkin told Science Daily, “It’s probably a long-term effect of early exposure to natural light that increases a child’s chances of being nearsighted.”
They are more likely to be dyslexic
Research linking the season of birth to neurodevelopmental disorders has found that people born in the months of May, June and July have a greater predisposition to dyslexia. Birth in early summer accounts for 24 to 71 percent of dyslexia cases.
They tend to be taller than average
Exposure to daylight during long summer days has positive effects on mothers, resulting in the tallest babies being born from late March to late June .
The effect could be due to the light-dependent hormone melatonin concentrations in the mother’s body, which could stimulate the secretion of growth hormones.
They tend to fall asleep later
A study in the journal Sleep found that people with spring and summer birthdays generally go to bed later than those born in fall and winter. They tend to be “night birds”.
The explanation could be that spring and summer babies have internal clocks with longer days than those born in fall or winter, causing them to stay up later.
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