有關夢境的有趣事實

趙靈/譯

Dreaming is one of the most mysterious and interesting experiences in our lives.

做夢是我們日常生活中最神秘也最有趣的經歷之一。

During the Roman Era some dreams were even submitted1 to the Roman Senate for analysis and dream interpretation2. They were thought to be messages from the gods. Dream interpreters even accompanied3 military leaders into battles and campaigns！

在羅馬時期，甚至會有一些夢境被遞交到羅馬元老院（一個審議的團體，它在羅馬共和國與羅馬帝國的政府中扮演著極其重要的角色）進行夢境分析與解析。因為在當時，“夢境”被認為是上帝想要向人類傳遞的信息。戰時甚至會有解夢人陪同軍事將領一起奔赴前線。

In addition to this， it is also known that many artists have received their creative ideas from their dreams.

除此之外，據說還有很多藝術家曾從夢境中獲得創作的靈感。

But what do we actually know about dreams？ Here are some interesting facts about dreams：

但是我們對于夢境究竟能了解多少呢？這里有一些關于夢境的有趣事實：

1. You Forget 90% of Your Dreams 有百分之九十的夢境會被你遺忘

Within 5 minutes of waking half of your dream is forgotten. Within 10， 90% is gone.

在醒來的5分鐘內你會忘掉一半的夢境；十分鐘內，百分之九十都會被忘得一干二凈。

2. Blind People also Dream 盲人也會做夢

People who become blind after birth can see images in their dreams. People who are born blind do not see any images， but also have vivid4 dreams involving their other senses of sound， smell， touch and emotion.

非先天性失明的人在夢境中也會看到一些意象。天生失明的人在夢中雖看不到影像，但也會有同樣生動的夢境，包含著諸如聲音、味道、觸感和情感等感覺。

3. Everybody Dreams 每個人都會做夢

Every human have dreams （except in cases of extreme psychological disorder5）. If you think you are not dreaming—you just forget your dreams.

每個人都會做夢（除了一些極度心理紊亂者的案例）。如果你認為你不會做夢，那只是因為你已經忘掉了自己的夢。

4. In Our Dreams We Only See Faces That We Already Know

我們只會在夢境中看到我們見到過的面孔

Our mind is not inventing faces—in our dreams we see real faces of real people that we have seen during our life but may not know or remember. We have all seen hundreds of thousands of faces in our lives， so we have an endless6 supply of characters for our brain to use during our dreams.

我們的大腦無法臆造人的面孔，所以我們在夢境中見到的面孔都是在生活中見到過的，也許我們并不認識或記得那些人。我們大都在生活中見到過成千上萬的人，所以在做夢時我們的大腦有無窮無盡的“人物資源”可以利用。

5. Not Everybody Dreams in Color 并不是所有人的夢境都是彩色的

12% of sighted people dream only in black and white. The remaining7 number dream in full color. Studies from 1915 through to the 1950s maintained8 that most of dreams were in black and white， but these results began to change in the 1960s. Today only 4.4% of the dreams of under-25 year-olds are in black and white. Recent research has suggested that those changing results may be linked to the switch from black-and-white film and TV to color media.

在視力正常的人中有百分之十二只做黑白的夢，其他人都是做彩色的夢。從1915年到20世紀50年代的研究表明當時人們大多數的夢都是黑白的，但是這一研究結果到20世紀60年代時開始有了轉變。現在，在25歲以下的人群中只有4.4%的夢境是黑白的。最近的研究表示，這一研究結果的轉變也許和從黑白電影、電視時期向彩色媒體影像時期的轉變有關聯。

6. Emotions 情感

The most common emotion experienced in dreams is anxiety9. Negative emotions are more common than positive ones.

在夢中最常見的情緒就是焦慮，并且負面的情緒要多于積極的情緒。

7. You can Have Four to Seven Dreams in One Night. 你每天晚上可能會做四到七個夢

On average10 you can dream anywhere from one or two hours every night.

通常，每天晚上你可能會有一到兩個小時的睡眠時間是在夢中。

8. Animals Dream Too 動物也做夢

Studies have been done on many different animals， and they all show the same brain waves during dreaming sleep as humans. Watch a dog sleeping sometime. The paws move like they are running and they make yipping sounds as if they are chasing11 something in a dream.

人們已在許多不同種類的動物身上做了研究，這些研究都表明動物在睡眠時有同人類做夢時相同的腦波。有機會的話可以看一只狗睡覺的樣子，有時它們會用爪子做出奔跑時的動作，同時還會吠叫，就好像他們正在夢中追趕著什么。

9. Dream Incorporation 夢混入

Our mind interprets the external stimuli when we are asleep and make them a part of our dreams. For example you may be dreaming that you are in a concert while your brother is playing a guitar during your sleep.

在睡眠中，我們的大腦會對外界刺激做出反應，并把它們混入到我們的夢里。比如你也許會夢到你正在聽一場音樂會，而其實是你哥哥在你睡覺時彈奏了吉他。

10. Precognitive Dreams “預知夢”

Results of several surveys across large population sets indicate that between 18% and 38% of people have experienced at least one precognitive dream and 70% have experienced déjà vu12. The percentage of persons that believe precognitive dreaming is possible is even higher—ranging from13 63% to 98%.

在大面積的人口中所做的調查表明，有18% 到38%的人都至少經歷過一次“預知夢（在夢中預知到未來發生的事情）”，同時也有70%的人經歷過“似曾相識”的夢。相信人的夢境有可能預知未來的人數比例更高——從63%到98%。

[1] submit vt. 呈遞 [2] interpretation n. 解釋；翻譯

[3] accompany vt. 陪伴，伴隨 [4] vivid adj. 生動的；鮮明的

[5] disorder n. 無秩序；混亂 [6] endless adj. 無止境的；連續的

[7] remaining adj. 剩下的，剩余的 [8] maintain vt. 維持；維修；主張

[9] anxiety n. 焦慮；渴望 [10] on average 平均；普通，通常

[11] chase vt. 追逐 [12] déjà vu （法語） 似曾相識；記憶錯覺；舊事幻現

[13] range from...to... （范圍）從……到……