睡眠不足-变得爱哭(3)

睡眠不足

 

You're Weepy

 

变得爱哭

 

Ever find yourself tearing up over an embarrassing TV commercial？While women might be quick to blame PMS, it could be a lack of sleep sending your emotions into overdrive. A 2007 study found that sleep-deprived brains were 60 percent more reactive to negative and disturbing images, USA Today reported.

 

 

"It's almost as though, without sleep, thebrain had reverted¹ back to more primitive² patterns of activity. in that it was unable to put emotional experiences into context and produce controlled,appropriate responses," Matthew Walker, senior author of the study, said in a statement.

 

 

1 reverted   

恢复( revert的过去式和过去分词 )； 重提； 回到…上； 归还

参考例句：

• After the settlers left, the area reverted to desert. 早期移民离开之后，这个地区又变成了一片沙漠。
• After his death the house reverted to its original owner. 他死后房子归还给了原先的主人。

2 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。