Many of us have reached in our pockets, feeling a vibration, wrongly believing our mobile phones have just rung.
許多人都曾有過(guò)這樣的錯(cuò)覺(jué)：覺(jué)得手機(jī)在振動(dòng)，于是去口袋拿手機(jī)，結(jié)果手機(jī)根本沒(méi)響。

The phenomenon even has a name: "phantom vibration syndrome" – and found it is surprisingly common.
這一現(xiàn)象甚至有自己的名稱(chēng)，叫“振動(dòng)幻聽(tīng)綜合癥”。研究顯示這種癥狀極為常見(jiàn)，很多人都有。

Now scientists believe that we are so alert for phone calls and messages we are misinterpreting slight muscle spasms as proof of a call.
目前科學(xué)家認(rèn)為，這是因?yàn)槿藗儗?duì)電話(huà)和短信太過(guò)敏感，從而把輕微的肌肉痙攣誤當(dāng)做是來(lái)電的信號(hào)。

Robert Rosenberger, an assistant professor at the Georgia Tech Institute of Technology has studied the delusional calls.
喬治亞理工學(xué)院的助理教授羅伯特·羅森伯格對(duì)手機(jī)幻聽(tīng)現(xiàn)象進(jìn)行了研究。

He said sufferers describe a vague tingling feeling which they think is their mobile phone indicating it has received a text message or call while on "silent".
羅森伯格稱(chēng)，手機(jī)幻聽(tīng)人士會(huì)有一種隱約的麻刺感，他們以為是靜音狀態(tài)下手機(jī)的來(lái)電或短信提醒。

But when the device is retrieved, there was no one on the other end.
但把手機(jī)拿過(guò)來(lái)才發(fā)現(xiàn)它根本沒(méi)響。

Dr Rosenberger said "I find so many people say, 'This happens to me, but I thought I was the only one, I thought I was weird.'"
羅森伯格博士表示，他發(fā)現(xiàn)很多患者會(huì)說(shuō)“我有手機(jī)幻聽(tīng)，但以為只有我自己這樣，還一度覺(jué)得自己不太正常?！?/p>

It seems that the syndrome particularly affects people at the beck and call of mobile phones or pagers.
人們?cè)诘却娫?huà)或?qū)ず魴C(jī)呼叫時(shí)，這種癥狀似乎尤其容易出現(xiàn)。

A 2010 study by Michael Rothberg and colleagues found that nearly 70 per cent of doctors at a hospital in Massachusetts suffered phantom vibrations.
2010年，邁克爾·羅斯博格和同事對(duì)馬薩諸塞州的一所醫(yī)院進(jìn)行了調(diào)研，發(fā)現(xiàn)近70%醫(yī)生的手機(jī)有過(guò)“幽靈震動(dòng)”。

A more recent study of US college students found the figure was as high as 90 per cent.
而在最近針對(duì)美國(guó)大學(xué)生的一項(xiàng)研究中，有震動(dòng)幻聽(tīng)的人數(shù)高達(dá)90%。

While the odd feeling is widespread, it does not seem to be considered a grave problem.
盡管越來(lái)越多的人受到手機(jī)幻聽(tīng)的干擾，但人們似乎并沒(méi)把它當(dāng)做一個(gè)嚴(yán)重的問(wèn)題。

Dr Rosenberger said: "It’s not actually a syndrome in a technical sense. That’s just the name that’s got stuck to it."
羅森伯格博士說(shuō)：“嚴(yán)格來(lái)說(shuō)，手機(jī)幻聽(tīng)其實(shí)不是一種病。我們只是給它起了一個(gè)這樣的名字而已?！?/p>

He added: "Only 2 per cent of people consider it a problem."
他補(bǔ)充道：“只有2%的人重視這個(gè)問(wèn)題。”

While widespread, the scientific community has not yet invested much effort in getting to the bottom of why we suffer phantom calls.
盡管“幽靈來(lái)電”越來(lái)越普遍，但科學(xué)界并未投入太多精力來(lái)深究其產(chǎn)生的根本原因。

Dr Rosenberger said: "People are guessing it has something to do with nervous energy."
羅森伯格博士說(shuō)：“人們猜測(cè)幻聽(tīng)的產(chǎn)生可能與緊張情緒有關(guān)?！?/p>

"The cognitive scientists are talking about brain chemistry, cognitive pathways changing. But it’s not like they have brain scans to go on."
“認(rèn)知學(xué)家認(rèn)為這是一種腦化學(xué)反應(yīng)，導(dǎo)致認(rèn)知路徑發(fā)生了改變。但他們并未通過(guò)腦部掃描來(lái)進(jìn)一步證明這一點(diǎn)?！?/p>

He said: "We have a phone call in our pocket all the time and it becomes sort of an extension of ourselves."
他說(shuō)：“我們兜里的手機(jī)經(jīng)常會(huì)響，這種情況已經(jīng)成為我們本身的一部分了?！?/p>

"We have this sort of readiness to experience a call. We feel something and we think, OK, that could be a call."
“我們隨時(shí)準(zhǔn)備著接電話(huà)。有了類(lèi)似手機(jī)振動(dòng)的感覺(jué)，我們會(huì)想，嗯，應(yīng)該是來(lái)電話(huà)了。”

Vocabulary
phantom：幽靈的；幻覺(jué)的
vague：模糊的；含糊的；不明確的

英文來(lái)源：每日郵報(bào)
譯者：zjm2582185
審校&編輯：杜娟