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'Night owls' have more nightmares
夜猫子噩梦多

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.

据MSNBC网报道，早起的鸟儿有虫吃并不只是因为它醒得早，还因为它睡得好。一项新的研究表明，这个规律至少对人类适用。

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.

研究者将晚睡型的人比喻为“猫头鹰”，称其比“早起的鸟儿”更有可能睡眠质量不好，白天更易犯困，晚上也容易做噩梦。

"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大学精神病学的助理教授Yavuz Selvi 表示：“‘猫头鹰’之所以常做噩梦，是因为他们的睡眠模式有问题。”他就此发表的一篇论文于8月25日刊登在《睡眠与生物节律》期刊的网站上。