时间:2019-01-20 作者:英语课 分类:2014年Scientific American(二)月


英语课

 If the sight of Swiss cheese makes you melt or the thought of a honeycomb gets you buzzing, you may suffer from trypophobia, the most common phobia that you've probably never heard of. Trypophobia is the fear of holes. People with the phobia experience panic attacks, increased heart rate and hot sweats when they see clusters of holes.


 
A visual scientist who suffers from trypophobia decided 1 to investigate the phenomenon with his colleague. They performed spectral 2 analysis on images that induce trypophobia and found that the fear-inducing images all had similar characteristics related to luminescence, contrast and light wavelengths 3. But they didn't know why these features caused such an adverse 4 reaction.
 
A study participant mentioned that certain animals also induced his phobia. So the researchers analyzed 5 pictures of poisonous animals. They discovered that the trypophobia-inducing images and those of poisonous animals shared the same visual features, suggesting the fear may be an evolutionary 6 survival response. The study is in the journal Psychological Science. 
 
So if an English muffin induces a panic attack, your brain may just be saying better safe than sorry.
 

adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
adj.幽灵的,鬼魂的
  • At times he seems rather ordinary.At other times ethereal,perhaps even spectral.有时他好像很正常,有时又难以捉摸,甚至像个幽灵。
  • She is compelling,spectral fascinating,an unforgettably unique performer.她极具吸引力,清幽如鬼魅,令人着迷,令人难忘,是个独具特色的演员。
n.波长( wavelength的名词复数 );具有相同的/不同的思路;合拍;不合拍
  • I find him difficult to talk to—we're on completely different wavelengths. 我没法和他谈话,因为我们俩完全不对路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Sunlight consists of different wavelengths of radiation. 阳光由几种不同波长的射线组成。 来自辞典例句
adj.不利的;有害的;敌对的,不友好的
  • He is adverse to going abroad.他反对出国。
  • The improper use of medicine could lead to severe adverse reactions.用药不当会产生严重的不良反应。
v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 );分解;解释;对…进行心理分析
  • The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程,因为对他来说,爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.进化的;演化的,演变的;[生]进化论的
  • Life has its own evolutionary process.生命有其自身的进化过程。
  • These are fascinating questions to be resolved by the evolutionary studies of plants.这些十分吸引人的问题将在研究植物进化过程中得以解决。
学英语单词
AAWEXINPT
abdominal external oblique muscle
account of bankruptcy
accumulative binomial probability distribution
agonia
allochiria
analog tester
angle of leeway
angle of light path of optical fuze
arteriae ciliares anteriores
augmentation distance
automatic tool retracting unit
ball lapping machine
basic engineering
be upset
Beit Bridge
Bertrand, Cerro
bleher
brahmas
bright fiber
Brill, Abraham Arden
business policy making
buyout bid
cambrovician period
cell differential pressure photo
centrally connected power supply
cheltenhams
colorimetrically
commissioners-general
constructive taking
cost of works for special purpose
CPU architecture
crawlspaces
cryoneny
Cylindrogloea
data acquisition camera
dirty industry
displacive
do-while statement
Duartina
dull-finished sheet
Ehrenhausen
electrobath
environmental theatre
Fed funds rate
fore edge
forestry railroad car
funiculus (pl. -li)
genus Hydrastis
Gotlanders
Granulationes arachnoideae
Greek yogurt
half-band
heat-resistant cable
homicide resulting from passion
humidity-temperature index
hyperodapedon
infraorbital region
intermittent prodromal glaucoma
it is said
it's no use
Kappa carbide
kinetoplasma
lay day
Lebango
mean astronomic latitude
mixing condition
moniliid
nettled
nikitishna
nongymnasts
pars cartilaginea tubae pharyngotympanicae
pee-pot
phenyl trichlorosilane
phenyl-nitromethane
plysses
Pu-yi
rainn
resistance to chemical reagents
ropke
saptha divitiosa
sercambis
shuttle mechanism
standard electromotive force of the cell
stone finish
strobing
sueb
surface emission
tensive
thin webbed girder
towel off
turn off the light
ugets
ultrasonic examination of welds
Umingmaktok
unscrutinizingly
us airborne
wall pressure
window (between wave train)
working plan period
workstage
yield stress ratio