Sun or Rain?
With summer quickly approaching us, many of us are happy because of the positive mood brought by the sun. I am one of the people who get happy after looking at a bright yellow sky. I experience melancholy after looking at a gray overcast sky. I am sure many of you have weather dependent mood. Rainy days remind me of sad memories. However, sunny days inspire me to approach the “carpe diem” policy. In simpler words, I like to seize the day by living every moment of it and being productive. I realized that my parents experience the same joy and productivity when the sun is shining bright. Hence, I wonder if the happiness brought by the sun is genes? Do people experience a different type of mood when they see the sun? After researching many articles, I came across a common gene that might be involved in season-based mood changes. The gene that expresses the serotonin transported plays a huge role in season-based mood changes. These season based mood changes are inherited as various tw