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Why do we have weird dreams when we’re sick?

2025/5/21
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Herbie Habanero: 作为一名另类爵士乐音乐家,我的工作是潜入生病的人的梦境中,为他们营造古怪的梦境氛围。例如,我曾经在一个流感儿童的马里奥赛车梦中,加入了蘑菇元素,让他的梦境更加离奇。这让我开始思考,为什么人们生病时会做如此奇怪的梦呢?我发现,我喜欢给人们的梦境增加一些时髦的元素,让梦境变得更古怪。发烧时梦变得奇怪是因为大脑太热了,这是因为发烧导致身体变热。发烧可以帮助杀死体内的细菌或病毒,但大脑在高温下无法正常工作,导致梦境变得奇怪、生动、古怪。 Michael Schredl: 无论我们醒着还是睡着,大脑总是在工作。当我们生病,特别是发烧时,大脑这个生物机器会有点过热,功能失常,这会影响到梦境,使梦境变得更怪异和不寻常。在我们的研究中,我们发现发烧的梦中,人们对温度的感知更高,例如梦中被火球追逐时会感到非常热。人们很容易忘记梦,这其实是有益的,因为如果对梦的记忆像对清醒时事件的记忆一样好,生活将会非常混乱,你都不知道是梦里发生的还是现实发生的。

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When you’re sick, it’s important to get plenty of rest to help your body heal. But it can be hard to sleep when your brain keeps showing you bizarre fever dreams (Like being chased by a giant fireball! Or swimming in nacho cheese!) Why do we have strange dreams when we’re sick, anyway? We asked dream researcher Michael Schredl to help us find the answer.

Got any burning questions? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact), and we’ll *search feverishly *for the right answer!