SSS 2010-10-11
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(十)月
This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Christie Nicholson. Got a minute?
Is it an old wives tale or can deaf people actually see better? Scientists have long thought that the structure of our brain is fixed 1. For instance, from birth the auditory cortex will receive only sound or the visual cortex will receive only visual input 2.
But in the last decade neuroscientists have overthrown 3 this idea in favor of a more malleable 4 brain.
New research published this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience supports that view. It helps explain why those who are congenitally deaf may have extraordinary sight.
Since the auditory cortex sits there, at birth, waiting for auditory inputs 5 that never come, it actually starts receiving visual stimuli 6 instead—in cats anyway. And the neural 7 real estate devoted 8 to vision increases.
Researchers compared congenitally deaf cats to hearing cats, and found that deaf cats have enhanced peripheral 9 vision and motion detection.
And they confirmed that the part of the auditory cortex that picks up peripheral sound switches to peripheral vision.
With the deaf it’s especially good to have increased peripheral vision. If you cannot hear a car approaching from the side, it'd be advantageous 10 to actually see it.
Thanks for the minute. For Scientific American’s 60-Second Science, I’m Christie Nicholson.
- Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
- Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。
- I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
- All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。
- Silver is the most malleable of all metals.银是延展性最好的金属。
- Scientists are finding that the adult human brain is far more malleable than they once thought.科学家发现成人大脑的可塑性远超过他们之前认识到的。
- Uncheck the inputs checked for optimization in the previous stage. 不测试那些已经测试过的优化了的以前步骤的inputs.（变量参数）。 来自互联网
- Just in case, save in a file the inputs obtained at the previous stage. 以防万一，保存以前步骤获得的inputs（变量参数值）到一个文件中去。 来自互联网
- It is necessary to curtail or alter normally coexisting stimuli.必需消除或改变正常时并存的刺激。
- My sweat glands also respond to emotional stimuli.我的汗腺对情绪刺激也能产生反应。
- The neural network can preferably solve the non- linear problem.利用神经网络建模可以较好地解决非线性问题。
- The information transmission in neural system depends on neurotransmitters.信息传递的神经途径有赖于神经递质。
- He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
- We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
- We dealt with the peripheral aspects of a cost reduction program.我们谈到了降低成本计划的一些外围问题。
- The hotel provides the clerk the service and the peripheral traveling consultation.旅舍提供票务服务和周边旅游咨询。
- Injections of vitamin C are obviously advantageous.注射维生素C显然是有利的。
- You're in a very advantageous position.你处于非常有利的地位。