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Sleepers are more likely to have positive dreams surrounded by car horns and commuter noise

June 16th, 2012 FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

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Tamara Cohen


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18:44 EST, 15 June 2012

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18:45 EST, 15 June 2012

Car horns and commuter noise inspires us to have more positive dreams

Car horns and commuter noise inspires us to have more positive dreams

You’d think that the background sound of birdsong and babbling brooks would promote a good sleep.

But research suggests we’re more likely to have positive dreams when we are surrounded by the noise of commuters and car horns.

Scientists studied the dreams of 8,000 individuals who were played randomly selected soundscapes as they slept.

Those taking part had no idea whether they had heard a rural scene with birdsong, a busy cityscape, a person talking to them, or nothing at all. All they did was record details of their dreams when they woke up.

The initial results released today were unexpected – those who heard the birds experienced dreams which were 20 per cent more negative than those who heard nothing.

Those who heard the sound of the daily grind were up to 30 per cent more likely to wake up feeling positive and refreshed. The worst was the ‘lucid soundscape’ – the sound of someone talking – which triggered dreams 30 per cent more negative.

The experiment was carried out with a smartphone app that played different sounds as individuals went into the last period of rapid eye movement sleep or REM – when we dream.

Researchers found people who heard the daily grind were 30 per cent more likely to wake up feeling positive and refreshed

Researchers found people who heard the daily grind were 30 per cent more likely to wake up feeling positive and refreshed

University of Hertfordshire psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman said: ‘When we counted the positive and negative words people used to describe their dreams, we would have expected the birdsong and streams and so on, to improve people’s dreams.

‘But what we saw was a lot more negativity. It was very realistic and people seemed unnerved by having birds in their room. Whereas perhaps the city scape was more familiar and comforting.’

Prof Wiseman hopes the findings could help people with depression or sleep disorders.

He said: ‘We want to people maximise their ability to wake up in a good mood, which has a big psychological effect. Depression is often associated with bad dreams.’

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The sound of the ocean would more likely induce happy dreams than an artuclated truck thundering past your house.

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” But research suggests we’re more likely to have positive dreams when we are surrounded by the noise of commuters and car horns. ” Can I have a rebate on my Council Tax, for living in too quiet an area?

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Nonsense. When I visit my parents who live in the town centre, I encounter severe problems of sleep deprivation. The car horns, the noise etc get on my nerves. For them it’s a different story, in their age their hearing isn’t that good. On the other hand since I moved to the suburbs where it’s extremely quite, I sleep like a baby.

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I love sleeping on board ships or trains! On ships, the steady loud drumming of the huge engines gives me a great nights sleep! On trains the rythmical ‘clickety clack’ used to send me off to dream land very quickly!! My daughters deliberately do all their housework around their sleeping babies, as hoovers and household work sends them off to sleep very fast! I was told many years ago by a mum, never to go down the road of ‘tip-toeing’ around your house to avoid waking babies up, as they get used to total quiet, then wake up at the slightest noise, she was right of course, but I ignored her advice and my own children were always a nightmare to get to sleep. The difference between how their children now sleep so soundly, compared to when they were that age is a revelation, so, I can believe this research, based on my own experiences!

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Its relative. People living in a city escape the monotonousness noise in their dreams, so they feel refreshed. People in the country have that peace and tranquillity all the time, so country people have little need to escape their reality in their dreams. I have never dreamt of living in the city.

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it makes sense to me. I guess we are programmed to sleep well and be relaxed when other people are busy about us. Years ago it may have been wood chopping, or fire making or tool making. Hearing bird song may mean to our subconsciuos that there is no one else around and thus we are alone and vulnerable to attack .

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How true! I live on a main road, and always get a better nights sleep if i leave the bedroom window open all night and drop off to the sound of traffic. Hurray, this is one survey i actually agree with.

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I’ve read some nonsense on here, but honestly…

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So what sort of dreams did people have during the thousands of years before car horns and commuters were invented?

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But were these town people or country people?

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