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Christmas: An Event Driven by our Hormones?
Author(s) -
Ludwig M.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of neuroendocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1365-2826
pISSN - 0953-8194
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02244.x
Subject(s) - hormone , period (music) , event (particle physics) , rhythm , endocrinology , medicine , history , psychology , biology , art , aesthetics , physics , quantum mechanics
No other event in the Christian calendar has such a deep impact on our behaviour as the annual event called Christmas. Christmas is not just ‘Christmas Day’; indeed, it is a long developmental rhythm with a period of almost exactly 365 days. Here, I describe the neuronal and hormonal changes and their effects on our behaviour during the preparation and the execution of the event 1 .