丹麦军方日前向派驻于伊拉克和科索沃的该国士兵提供了一种能够播放出舒缓音乐的枕头，希望此举可以帮助他们克服目前所面临的重重压力和紧张情绪。

    据路透社10月14日报道，研究人员在该枕头内部放置了几个扬声器，此外还附带有一个mp3播放器，通过它人们可以听到轻柔的乐曲以及类似于潺潺流水和啾啾鸟鸣的来自大自然的声音。这种被称做“音乐治疗”的枕头是由做曲家兼双簧管演奏家尼尔斯·埃耶会同一批医生和心理学家共同研制而成的，它最初被用于心理治疗中。

    丹麦皇家国防学院领导才能与心理学系的系主任亨里克·伦德斯坦在接受路透社记者采访时表示：“做为最初的试验，我们向驻扎在伊拉克和科索沃的部队分别送去了10个这样的枕头，现在它们均已被派上了用场。”这个北欧国家目前在伊拉克驻有约540名士兵，另外还有340名军人在科索沃执行维和任务。当谈到这种枕头在丹麦的医院里所取得的巨大成功时，伦德斯坦表示，该国军方希望它也能在克服士兵紧张情绪方面起到一定作用，“我们希望它能够为那些身处紧张环境下的士兵们带来片刻轻松，毕竟他们的神经已经绷紧到了极点”。

    A pillow that plays relaxing music has been sent by the Danish army to its soldiers posted in Iraq and Kosovo to help them combat stress and tension.

    "In a first test, we have sent 10 pillows each to Iraq and Kosovo and they are now being used by the troops," Henrik Lundstein, head of the leadership and psychology department at Denmark's Royal Defense College, told Reuters.

    The Nordic country has around 540 soldiers in Iraq and 340 on a peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.

    The pillow has built-in speakers attached to an mp3-player piping soft instrumentals and sounds of nature like trickling water and chirping birds. Called "MusiCure," it was created for use in therapy by composer and oboist Niels Eje with doctors and psychologists.

    Referring to the pillow's success in Danish hospitals, Lundstein said the army hoped it could also help tense soldiers.

    "We are hoping it can bring relaxing moments in a stressful environment for soldiers who are at the limit of their stress levels," he said.