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VIDEO: How the Weather Affects Our Mood (Op-Ed)

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

We often use the weather as a metaphor for how we’re feeling: gloomy, sunny or under a cloud. But how does it actually affect us?

In this episode of TCTV, Nick Haslam describes the influence of sunny skies and rainy days on our moods.

This video is a co-production between SBS World News and The Conversation.

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Nick Haslam does not work for, consult to, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has no relevant affiliations.

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