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浙江省杭州市萧山区城厢片五校2020届九年级上学期英语入学检测试卷（含小段音频）
Have you ever had trouble sleeping in a new place?
Lots of people do. And now researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island think they know why. They found that one-half of the brain "remains more awake" than the other half when people are trying to sleep in a new place.
This appears a case of the brain keeping people ready for trouble in a new place, the researchers said.
The sleep findings were reported in Current Biology by Brown University. In their report, the researchers said many people report they have a harder time sleeping the first night at a hotel or other places outside their home. They call it "first-night influence". "In Japan they say, ‘If you change your pillow, you can't sleep,'" said Yuka Sasaki, one of the report's writers, "You don't sleep very well in a new place. We all know about it."
The researchers measured brain waves (测量脑波) for 35 volunteers over two nights in a laboratory. The two nights were a week apart. They found during the first night the left half of the brain was more active than the right half. This was during the first deep-sleep period, the researchers said.
Sasaki said a lot of questions remain.
Researchers did not keep measuring brain waves all night long. So, they don't know if the left half keeps "watch" all night. Or whether it "works in shifts" with the right half later in the night. They also don't know why the brain activity, at least during the first period of deep sleep, is always on the left half.
For some, this research may be calming. It is good to know that our brain is "looking out for us" in a new place. But it may not help with sleep. That brain activity, at least according to this new research, makes it harder to get the sleep people need to wake up well rested in the morning.
When you are waiting on a phone call with a pen in your hand or feeling bored on a train, you may probably doodle(涂鸦). Consultant Graphology(笔迹咨询师)Tracey has studied the most common doodles and their meaning in a new piece of research. Here she shares the psychology(心理学)behind those doodles.
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Circles Drawing round shapes expresses the need to love and be loved. |
| Squares If you're drawing squares, then this shows a practical(脚踏实地的)nature. |
| Triangles If you're drawing triangles, his shows you are an energetic and powerful nature. |
| Flowers If your flower has a large round centre, this expresses confidence and the enjoyment of a good social life. |
| Hearts Hearts have always been symbols of love. It clearly expresses that you pay much attention to feelings, but easily get sad as well. |
| Coils(线圈) Drawing these complicated(复杂的)shapes means the doodlers have a colorful life and the ability of creativity. What unusual doodles they are! |
| Webs This kind of doodles may be unusual and complicated, but drawing webs shows special personalities that are good at leading people to a special situation. |
| Boxes It's not good news for people who draw boxes. Because Tracey believes that while this shows great dreams, it can also be a sign of materialism(物质主义). |
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