Why darker earlier in winter

Our memories of a 4 p. Nelson Cowan, a professor of psychological sciences at the University of Missouri, said that another memory issue, called interference, could be relevant too. Memory interference works in both directions. Older memories can interfere with newer memories, like after New Years', when you still use the previous year when writing the date—this is called proactive interference.

Retroactive interference is when newer memories interfere with older ones. When you learn something new—say a new sunset time—it can interfere with your retrieval of the original memory of the sun setting earlier.

Eventually we will and do adapt, and the early darkness schema and memories will take over, free from interference. Dorthe Berntsen, a professor of psychology at Aarhus University in Denmark, thinks that our unsettled feelings also come from the fact that we change the time so suddenly.

This is likely the case biologically too. In a study in Current Biology, chronobiologists found that our circadian clocks adjust to the subtle changes in daylight, but have a hard time adapting to the rapid changes in time when we adopt daylight saving. Of course, is not just another year in which we set our clocks back and complain about the lack of sun.

This was a very dark year before the sun set at The sun now represents the ability to be outside comfortably, engage in less risky social behaviors, or get some fresh air and exercise. Articles Answers to Science Questions Why does it get darker earlier in the winter than it does in the summer?

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