Schredl Michael, Erlacher Daniel
Sleep Laboratory, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Institute of Sport Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Front Psychol. 2020 Jan 28;11:53. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00053. eCollection 2020.
In addition to a large variety of somatic symptoms, fever also affects cognition, sleep, and mood. In an online survey with 164 participants, 100 fever dream reports were submitted. Fever dreams were more bizarre and more negatively toned and included more references to health and temperature perception compared to "normal" most recent dreams - findings that are in line with the continuity hypothesis of dreaming. Future studies should follow up this line of research by conducting diary studies during naturally occurring febrile illnesses and sleep laboratory studies with experimentally induced fever. It would also be very interesting to study the effect of thermal stimulation applied during sleep on dream content. This research helps to understand subjective experiences while sleeping in an extreme condition (elevated body temperature).
除了各种各样的躯体症状外，发烧还会影响认知、睡眠和情绪。在一项有164名参与者的在线调查中，共提交了100份发烧梦境报告。与“正常”的近期梦境相比，发烧梦境更离奇、基调更消极，且更多涉及健康和温度感知——这些发现与梦境的连续性假说相符。未来的研究应通过在自然发生的发热性疾病期间进行日记研究以及在实验性诱导发热的睡眠实验室研究来跟进这一研究方向。研究睡眠期间施加的热刺激对梦境内容的影响也会非常有趣。这项研究有助于理解在极端条件（体温升高）下睡眠时的主观体验。
