DOyouandyourfriendsevertalkaboutyourdreamswitheachother?Ifyoudoyoumighthavenoticedsomethinginteresting–someofyourfriendsrarelyremembertheirdreamsbutsomecanalwaysdescribetheirdreamssoclearlythatitseem
DOyouandyourfriendsevertalkaboutyourdreamswitheachother?
Ifyoudoyoumighthavenoticedsomethinginteresting–someofyourfriendsrarelyremembertheirdreamsbutsomecanalwaysdescribetheirdreamssoclearlythatitseemslikethey’redescribingthingsthatreallyhappenedtothem.Whatmakesthosepeopledifferent?
Theanswerissimple.Therearetwodifferenttypesofdreamers–lowdreamrecallersandhighdreamrecallers.
Lowdreamrecallersusuallyremembertheirdreamsonlytwiceamonth.Buthighdreamrecallersareabletorememberthemaboutfivemorningsaweek.AndanewstudysuggeststhatactivityinacertainpartofthebraincouldhavesomethingtodowithitreportedTheHuffingtonPost.
PerrineRubyaFrenchresearcherattheLyonNeuroscienceResearchCenterstudied41people(21highdreamrecallersand20lowdreamrecallers)andrecordedtheirbrainactivities.
Shefoundthatapartofthebraincalledthetemporo-parietaljunction(颞顶联合区)wasmoreactiveinhighdreamrecallersthaninlowdreamrecallers–bothwhentheyweresleepingandawake.
Thisbrainareacollectsandprocessesinformationfromtheoutsideworld.Thismeansthathighdreamrecallersknowmoreaboutwhat’shappeningaroundthem.Forexamplewhentheyareawaketheyrespondmorestronglytohearingtheirownnamesandwhentheyaresleepingtheyarewokenmoreeasilybysoundsandmovements.
Bycloselystudyingpeople’sbrainactivitiesRubyfoundthathighdreamrecallershavetwiceasmuch“wakefulnesstime”duringsleepaslow dreamrecallersdo.Anditisduringtheseshorttimesofwakefulnessthatthebrainmemorizes(记住)dreams.
“Thesleepingbrainisnotabletomemorizenewinformation”RubytoldTheWashingtonPost.“Itneedstowaketobeabletodothat.”
Thisisnothardtounderstand.Justtrytothinkofyourownsleepingexperiences.Ifyouarerestless(不安的)duringthenightyouaremorelikelytorememberyourdreamsbutifyousleepwellandsoundly(香甜地)youtendto(趋向于)rememberlittleinthemorningandthisisbecause“younevergetachancetoremember”RobertStickgoldaHarvardMedicalSchoolresearchertoldTheWashingtonPost.
28.Accordingtothearticlehighdreamrecallers______.
A