研究显示睡觉时暴露于光线下可能引发抑郁症_BEC初级作文

研究显示睡觉时暴露于光线下可能引发抑郁症

Any kind of light past bedtime -- from a gap in the curtains to a flash of your smartphone -- could pave the way to depression, new research warns.

新研究警告称，睡眠时任何种类的光线--无论是从窗帘缝隙透出的光，还是智能手机的闪光--都可能为罹患抑郁症创造条件。

Researchers found even the smallest hint of light exposure in the bedroom during the night could cause depressive symptoms by confusing your body clock.

研究人员发现，夜间卧室里哪怕一丝光亮，都可能通过干扰你的生物钟而造成抑郁症状。

Previous studies have linked nocturnal light exposure to a disruption in the body's sleep-wake cycle, but have struggled to explain how this impacts depression.

先前的研究在夜晚卧室光线和身体的睡眠-觉醒周期受干扰之间找到了关联，但科学家一直未能很好解释这如何影响抑郁症风险。

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While the new study by researchers at Nara Medical University does not solve the mystery, it provides some of the clearest evidence to date that the link is stronger than most realize.

虽然日本奈良县立医科大学的研究人员进行的这项新研究没有解开这个谜题，但它提供的一些迄今为止最明确的证据表明，有关联系比大多数人意识到的要强。

Researchers led by Dr Kenji Obayashi recruited 863 elderly adults, with the average age of 72 years, who did not have depressive symptoms -- anxiety or a persistent feeling of sadness -- at the start of the two-year study.