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'Night owls' have more nightmares
夜貓子噩夢多

She must be the early-to-bed, early-to-rise type. [Agencies]

The early bird might catch the worm because it sleeps better than the night owl, not just because it awakens earlier. At least that appears to be the case for humans, according to a new study, MSNBC.com reported.

據(jù)MSNBC網(wǎng)報道，早起的鳥兒有蟲吃并不只是因為它醒得早，還因為它睡得好。一項新的研究表明，這個規(guī)律至少對人類適用。

Researchers found that night owls – "evening-type individuals" – are significantly more likely to suffer from poor sleep quality, daytime sleepiness and disturbing nightmares than early birds – "morning-type individuals" – or folks whose bedtime falls somewhere between the two.

研究者將晚睡型的人比喻為“貓頭鷹”，稱其比“早起的鳥兒”更有可能睡眠質(zhì)量不好，白天更易犯困，晚上也容易做噩夢。

"Evening-type people have more nightmares because of their sleep patterns," Yavuz Selvi, assistant professor of psychiatry at Yuzuncu Yil University in Van, Turkey, says in his paper published online Aug. 25 in the journal Sleep and Biological Rhythms.

(China.org.cn September 21, 2011)

土耳其凡城Yuzuncu Yil大學(xué)精神病學(xué)的助理教授Yavuz Selvi 表示：“‘貓頭鷹’之所以常做噩夢，是因為他們的睡眠模式有問題。”他就此發(fā)表的一篇論文于8月25日刊登在《睡眠與生物節(jié)律》期刊的網(wǎng)站上。