What affects sleep

What formed the content of our dreams and how external factors affect the quality of sleep and the plot? Let's see:

1. Sleeping on the stomach leads to erotic dreams



People who sleep on your stomach, often seeing erotic dreams than those who prefer to sleep in other positions. According to the study, sleeping on the stomach triggers shortness of breath, which is why we often see scenes of passion.

In such a situation, people often experience a naughty dreams in which their "connected" or "arrested." Another interesting fact is that most people who have had such dreams, said that it was a well-known personality. 2. Genes affect our nightmares


Identical twins often have the same interests and habits. Scientists have found that their genetic basis is so strong that they have nightmares almost with the same frequency.

The study, which was attended by 2 700 identical twins and 4,200 non-identical twins, the researchers found that identical twins were twice as likely observed frequent nightmares than the non-identical.

3. The magnetic field of the earth provokes strange dreams


It is possible that Earth's magnetic field exerts a profound effect on human dreams.

Psychologist Lipniki Darren (Darren Lipnicki) recorded their dreams for 8 years and has come to the conclusion that the low geomagnetic activity causes strange dreams. When the geomagnetic activity was high, dreams become normal and reasonable.

Although his conclusions seem random, it served as an impetus for further study.

4. Black and white TVs produce black and white dreams


Try to imagine a world of black and white seems almost impossible, but some people see him like this in his dreams. In the 2008 study psychology student Murzin Eva (Eva Murzyn) from the University of Dundee in Scotland showed that the type of television that you have seen in childhood, affects the color of your dreams.

As it turned out, participants who were older than 55 years have seen the black-and-white dreams in 20 percent of the time. This suggests that they were watching films and programs in black and white from 3 to 10 years, which may affect the fact that they were more likely to see the off-color dreams.

Other studies have shown that with the 1960s, 83 percent of people see colorful dreams, which coincides with the invention of color television.

5. Different types of cheeses affect our dreams


One study showed that different types of cheese may affect our dreams. All cheeses contain an amino acid called tryptophan, which helps normalize sleep and reduce stress levels.

In 2005, scientists in the UK have found that those who ate cheddar cheese, often had dreams about celebrities, and those who ate cheese, had strange dreams. Cheese Chester contributed to sound sleep, but people do not remember their dreams.

6. What you hear and breathe affects your dreams


While we sleep, our brain interprets the noise around us, that becomes part of our dreams. If sometimes in my dreams, we hear the sound of reality, it is implemented in a way that make sense for our subconscious.

So you can see a dream that you are at a concert while your brother is playing a guitar during your sleep.

Scientists have found that subsided significant difference between the dreams of people who have not heard the music and those who heard. Recent often said that they had heard in his dream music.

Scents also affect our dreams. As with audio, our brain interprets odors signal and turns it into sleep. So the smell of a rose is pleasant dreams, and the smell of rotten eggs - leads to bizarre dreams.

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