在廚房做飯時(shí)老覺得客廳的手機(jī)在響，跑過去一看，發(fā)現(xiàn)手機(jī)根本沒響動(dòng)。這種情況你經(jīng)歷過嗎？在英語里，這種情況叫phantom ringing，要是走路時(shí)老覺得手機(jī)在震動(dòng)，那就是phantom vibration syndrome。

Phantom vibration syndrome or phantom ringing is the sensation and false belief that one's mobile phone is vibrating or ringing, when in fact the telephone is not doing so.

Phantom vibration syndrome（或者phantom ringing）指手機(jī)明明沒有響動(dòng)，卻總感覺手機(jī)在震動(dòng)或者在響的幻覺或錯(cuò)覺，我們稱之為震動(dòng)幻覺綜合征或者手機(jī)響動(dòng)幻覺。

Phantom ringing may be experienced while taking a shower, watching television, or using a noisy device. Humans are particularly sensitive to auditory tones between 1,000 and 6,000 hertz, and basic mobile phone ringers often fall within this range. This frequency range can generally be more difficult to locate spatially, thus allowing for potential confusion when heard from a distance.

人們?cè)谙丛?、看電視或者使用有噪音的設(shè)備時(shí)常常會(huì)產(chǎn)生手機(jī)響動(dòng)幻覺。人類對(duì)1000到6000赫茲之間的聲音格外敏感，而常用的手機(jī)鈴聲基本都在這個(gè)范圍內(nèi)。由于這個(gè)頻段的聲音很難從空間上定位，所以在遠(yuǎn)處聽到時(shí)，很容易造成錯(cuò)覺。

False vibrations are less well understood however, and could have psychological or neurological sources. Some liken this effect to be similar to conditioning, like Pavlov's experiment on dogs. Researcher Michelle Drouin found that almost 9 of 10 undergraduates at her college experienced phantom vibrations.

震動(dòng)錯(cuò)覺倒是比較難理解，可能有心理或者神經(jīng)方面的原因。有些人把這種情況與條件反射相關(guān)聯(lián)，比如，巴甫洛夫?qū)纷龅脑囼?yàn)。研究人員米歇爾發(fā)現(xiàn)，她所在的大學(xué)，90%的本科生都曾經(jīng)經(jīng)歷過震動(dòng)錯(cuò)覺。

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