Did you know that seasons can influence our behavior?

It's such a ubiquitous part of life that we've taken them for granted and not really thought in too

concentrated a way about what kinds of effects they may have.

But with the timing of the seasons changing more and more every year,

how could that impact our psychology?

It's Monday, September 2nd. It's Labor Day, and this is Science Friday.

I'm Sci-Fi Radio Fellow Balear, Valeria Diaz. You might have noticed that seasons don't feel the same anymore.

Fall and spring seem to sit by. have noticed that seasons don't feel the same anymore.

Full and spring seem to sit by while winter and summer drag on and hit harder.

This is called season creep, a shift in the timing of the seasons due to climate change

messing with temperatures and weather

patterns. This phenomenon is throwing plants, animals and even us out of sink. But what does

it mean for human behavior? Here is Cyfri guest host Rachel Feldman with more.

It's no surprise that the seasons can affect our mood.

You've probably heard of seasonal effective disorder, often called seasonal depression, which tends to hit during the cold, dark winter months.

But as the seasons start changing more quickly and unpredictably, the shift could have a wide

range of effects on us that we're only just beginning to understand.

Joining me today to try to answer some of these questions is Dr. Michael Varnum,

social psychology area head and associate professor at Arizona State University.

Welcome to Science Friday.

Thanks so much for joining us.

Hi, thanks so much for having me, Rachel.

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