Curious Conclusions
有趣的結(jié)論

What was most interesting was that the women reported that the dreams themselves were not necessarily good or bad—no one had terrible nightmares or dreams about jetting to Hawaii with George Clooney—but the odors very much influenced how the dreams made the women feel. The researchers discovered that upon waking, those who smelled a pleasant scent reported having had pleasant dreams, and those who smelled something bad reported that their dreams corresponded. Although the smells didn’t seem to alter the content of their dreams, it did affect how they felt about them.

最有趣的發(fā)現(xiàn)在于參與實(shí)驗(yàn)的女性們并沒有出現(xiàn)絕對(duì)意義上的美夢(mèng)或者噩夢(mèng)——沒有人做太恐怖的夢(mèng)，也沒有人夢(mèng)見和喬治·克魯尼共赴夏威夷。但是，氣味在很大程度上影響了她們對(duì)夢(mèng)境的感覺。研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)在被喚醒后，聞過芳香氣味的女性都說做了美夢(mèng)，而另一部分則說夢(mèng)境很糟糕。盡管氣味不見得能改變夢(mèng)境，但是它能夠改變做夢(mèng)的人的主觀感受

If you’re sleeping in a room with a ringing alarm clock or a snoring spouse, it’s common for your brain to incorporate those noises into your dreams, but most of the women in the study didn’t remember having dreams in which there was a particular scent or odor. This interesting fact seems to suggest that there’s something very unique about our sense of smell and the way it’s processed.

如果你睡覺的房間里有響著的鬧鐘和打鼾的伴侶，嘈雜聲通常會(huì)潛入你的大腦，但是大多數(shù)女性在研究過程中忘記了自己是在特殊氣味作用下做的夢(mèng)。這一有趣的現(xiàn)象似乎意味著氣味在影響夢(mèng)境過程中不同于其他感覺。

This study was very small, and no other researchers have yet attempted to replicate its findings, so it’s hard to determine conclusively whether odors really can affect our dreams. Also, there are many different smells out there to test besides rotten eggs and roses. However, if you regularly have unhappy dreams, maybe it’s not a bad idea to check around your house for hidden smell culprits that might be sabotaging you. At the very least, it’s another good reason to cook a batch of chocolate chip cookies before bed.

這只是一項(xiàng)小研究，到目前為止還沒有別的研究人員驗(yàn)證這些研究成果，所以很難對(duì)氣味是否影響夢(mèng)境下定論。而且，除了臭雞蛋和玫瑰以外還有許許多多形形色色的氣味。當(dāng)然，如果你時(shí)常做噩夢(mèng)的話，可以檢查下房子周圍是否潛藏著盜夢(mèng)的氣味元兇。至少，這給在睡覺前烤一爐碎巧克力餅干提供了一大理由。