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colors that people see late at night could
signs of severe depression. That was the finding
a recent study that builds on earlier findings.
showed that individuals who live or work in
levels of light overnight can develop clinical depression,
severe depression. Signs may include loss of interest
pleasure in most activities, low energy levels and
of death or suicideIn the recent study, American
designed an experiment that exposed hamsters to different
. The researchers chose hamsters because they are nocturnal,
means they sleep during the day and are
at night. The animals were separated into four
. One group of hamsters was kept in the
during the nighttime period. Another group was placed
front of a blue light. A third group
in front of a white light, while a
was put in front of a red light.
four weeks, the researchers noted how much sugary
the hamsters drank. They found that the more
animals drank the least amount of water. Randy
heads the Department of Neuroscience at Ohio State
. He says animals that slept in blue and
light appeared to be the most depressed. Randy
notes that photosensitive cells in the retina have
to do with eyesight. He says these cells
signals to the area of the brain that
what has been called the natural sleep-wake cycle.
says there is a lot of blue in
light. This explains why the blue light and
light hamsters appeared to be more depressed than
seeing red. For VOA Learning English, I'm Laurel
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