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Originally Posted by pshrynk
There is a hybernation instinct in humans, also. In people of Scandanavian and Irish descent the incidence of Seasonal Affective Disorder is much higher than that in African ancestry people. The symptoms are sluggishness, irritability, and need for increased sleep. When the lights go out up north, we want to sleep more.
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Do we know how Antipodeans of European decent are affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder? Is there a lower incidence because their bodies think the winters have become sunnier?
(I once worked with someone who had SAD, and he had a lightbox to simulate sunshine.)