时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(三)月


英语课

This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute?


Are smarter people drown to music, theater and dance? Or does arts training in childhood change the brain in positive ways? In 2004, the philanthropic Dana Foundation created a consortium of neuroscientists from 7 universities to address those questions. On March 4th, the group released a report "Learning arts in the brain" available at dana.org. Some of the findings: an interesting performing arts helps to develop sustained attention spans which can improve other areas of cognition. Links exist between training in music and the ability to manipulate information in both short-term and long-term memory. Music training also appears to improve kids' capacity for geometric representation as well as the acquisition of reading skills. Acting 1 classes lead to improved memory if you've better language skills. Dance learning is done through observation and mimicry 2 and that training appears to improve other cognitive 3 skills. So science says that dance, theatre and music can make life full of sound and glory,signifying something.


 


Thanks for the minute for a Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky.

 



n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
n.(生物)拟态,模仿
  • One of his few strengths was his skill at mimicry.他为数不多的强项之一就是善于模仿。
  • Language learning usually necessitates conscious mimicry.一般地说,学习语言就要进行有意识的摹仿。
adj.认知的,认识的,有感知的
  • As children grow older,their cognitive processes become sharper.孩子们越长越大,他们的认知过程变得更为敏锐。
  • The cognitive psychologist is like the tinker who wants to know how a clock works.认知心理学者倒很像一个需要通晓钟表如何运转的钟表修理匠。
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