De Koninck J, Christ G, Hébert G, Rinfret N
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Psychiatr J Univ Ott. 1990 Jun;15(2):91-2.
As a follow-up from a previous study, four subjects taking a 6-week French language immersion program maintained a dream diary starting 2 weeks before until 2 weeks after the course. They also slept in the laboratory during four series of nights: one before the course, two during the course and one after the course. Confirming previous observations, it was observed that those subjects who made significant progress in French learning, experienced French incorporations into dreams earlier and had more verbal communication in their dreams during the language training than those who made little progress. Combining these results with those of the earlier study revealed significant positive correlations between language learning efficiency and both increases in REM sleep percentages, and verbal communication in dreams, as well as a negative correlation with latency to the first French incorporation in dreams. These results support the notion that REM sleep and dreaming are related to waking cognitive processes.
作为之前一项研究的后续，四名参加为期六周法语沉浸式课程的受试者从课程开始前两周到课程结束后两周都坚持记录梦境日记。他们还在实验室度过了四个系列的夜晚：课程开始前一晚、课程期间两晚以及课程结束后一晚。正如之前观察到的那样，研究发现，在法语学习中取得显著进步的受试者，在语言训练期间比进步较小的受试者更早地在梦中融入法语，并且在梦中有更多的言语交流。将这些结果与早期研究的结果相结合，发现语言学习效率与快速眼动睡眠百分比的增加、梦中的言语交流之间存在显著的正相关，与梦中首次融入法语的潜伏期存在负相关。这些结果支持了快速眼动睡眠和做梦与清醒认知过程相关的观点。
