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Bad smells can lead to nightmares

by Staff writers on May 7, 2009

Bad smells can lead to nightmares


Experts have discovered that when a sleeping person smells something pleasant, such as roses, they have "positive" dreams.

But if a person smells an unpleasant odour, like rotting eggs, they tend to have "negative" dreams.

A team of German researchers linked nice smells to sweet dreams after analysing 15 sleeping women over a month-long series of tests.

Over the course of the month, the researchers released various "volatile" odours near the sleeping women.

When they were awoken, the women were asked to describe their dreams.

The researchers said releasing pleasant odours around someone who was asleep could be "therapeutic".

“The emotional colouration of dreams can be significantly influenced in accordance with the hedonic aspect of the stimulant," the researchers said.

The results of the study were presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology’s Head...Read More >>



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