For erotic dreams, sleep on your stomach

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Stomach sleepers are more likely to have erotic dreams than those who sleep in other positions, a study found. Picture: Mndeni Vilakazi

London - We all know that eating cheese before bed is supposed to give you nightmares.

The effects of sleeping on your front, however, are somewhat less widely known – and rather racier, researchers claim.

“Stomach sleepers” are more likely to have erotic dreams than those who sleep in other positions, a study found.

They reported feeling sensations related to sex in their dreams more frequently than anyone else.

Calvin Kai-Ching Yu, of Shue Yan University in Hong Kong, asked 670 students – two-thirds of whom were female – to fill out surveys about their dreams and the positions they slept in.

He speculated that the number of erotic thoughts may be higher for those who sleep on their front because they get less air, so the mind imagines being constricted.

The study was published in the journal Dreaming.

Daily Mail