SSS 2009-02-09
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(二)月
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute.
In the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire, the star answers game show questions correctly based on his life experiences. At least one right answer, however, is a lucky guess. But maybe the guess wasn’t so lucky. Maybe his brain actually knew the answer—even though he didn’t realize it.
That’s what scientists at Northwestern University are saying about so called lucky guesses. They published their research online in the journal 1 Nature Neuroscience.
Study participants were shown brightly colored pictures. They had to memorize half. While viewing the other half, they had to concentrate on remembering a spoken number. So they were distracted 2. Later, they were quizzed on all the images. Surprisingly, they were more successful at remembering those images that they only paid half a mind to. Not only that, but they were more accurate 3 when they said they were just guessing. The researchers say their visual systems stored memories quite accurately 4, even when the participants weren’t paying attention. And that what we call intuition 5, some of those gut 6 feelings we get, may often be based on good information.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber.
- He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.他在访问日本期间坚持记日记。
- He got a job as editor of a trade journal.他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。
- When working, one should concentrate and not allow oneself to be distracted. 工作时要集中精力，不要分心。
- Noise outside distracted her mind from her studies. 门外的噪音使她心神不宁，无法集中注意力学习。
- He has made an accurate measurement of my garden.他准确地丈量了我的花园。
- He is always accurate in what he says and does.他说的和做的总是正确无误。
- It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
- Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。
- I had an intuition that I would find you.我有一种直觉，我能找到你们。
- He knew this thing by intuition.他凭直觉了解这件事。