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Nobody likes being lonely.
沒人喜歡孤獨。
As it turns out, loneliness can be unhealthy as well.
事實證明,孤獨對身體健康也能造成危害。
The study was done by psychologist John Cacioppo at the University of Chicago.
這項研究是由芝加哥大學心理學家約翰·卡奇普完成。
He had thirty three male college students and twenty one female students spend five nights in a lab where their sleep could be carefully monitored.
33名男大學生及21名女大學生被測試者在一個實驗室中度過5晚,而這些人的睡眠則被仔細監控。
That was done by having them catch Z's while wearing a special skull-cap that had devices for measuring eye motions, head motions, and brain waves.
這是通過熟睡時戴著一頂測量眼球動作,頭部動作及腦電波的特殊帽子完成的結果。
Why? Because different kinds of waves are generated by your brain as you sleep, and the motions of your body-especially your eyes-give information about how your sleep is going.
為什么?因為大腦在你熟睡時會產生不同類型的波,而身體的運動,特別是你的眼睛,展現出你的睡眠如何的信息。
Afterward, the students filled out a questionnaire describing themselves.
測試之后，學生們填了一份描述自己的調查問卷。
In particular Cacioppo wanted to know what their social lives were like, to see if there was any connection between your social life and how well you sleep.
卡奇普想了解他們的社會生活狀況,來看看社會生活與睡眠之間是否有什么聯系。
There was indeed a connection.
確實是有聯系。
Everyone slept for about the same amount of time, but the volunteers who rated themselves as the loneliest were also the ones who were most likely to wake up during the night.
每個人都睡了大約相同時間,但認為自己最孤獨的志愿者同樣也最有可能在夜晚醒來。
Not only that, they stayed down in deep sleep less than other people did.
不僅如此,他們的深度睡眠少于其他人。
What do these findings mean?
這些發現意味著什么?
The researchers themselves note that it isn't clear yet which is the cart and which is the horse.
研究者們自己注意到并不清楚本末。
That is, does being lonely interfere with a healthful night's sleep?
也就是說,孤獨是否會影響健康的夜間睡眠?
Or, on the other hand, do people who sleep poorly for one reason or another wind up irritable and difficult to deal with, making it harder to have friends?
抑或是另一方面, 因為這樣或那樣原因人的睡眠很糟糕最終易怒,難以相處,最終交友困難?
One way or the other, lonely feels bad-and sleep shows it, too.
不管怎樣,孤獨的滋味不咋樣,就連睡眠也表明了這點。
