SSS 2008-04-28
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(四)月
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Chirisopher Intagliata, got a minute?
"But mum, that's not fair!" sound familiar? Even as children we hate getting gypped, whether it's fewer slices of pizza or lousy presents from Santa. More surprisingly, though, a team of neuroscientists at UCLA recently concluded that getting a fair deal, feels good. Because it activates 1 the brain's rewards circuitry ,just like lottery 2 money and cocaine 3. Participants were presented with offers to split a sum of money, like 7 bucks 4 out of 15. They almost always accepted 50/50 or 40/60 cuts. And these fair deals activated 5 the brain's reward areas, like the ventral striatum and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. But the lower the cut, the more participants turned up their noses. Seven in fifteen ain't bad, but seven in twenty three seems like a rip-off. Confronted with insulting offers, the reward circuit remained inactive, and what turned on was a region of the brain associated with disgust, called the insula. But when participants then swallow their pride and accepted a meager 6 share , the insula laid low. And emotion regulating areas of the brain switched on. Being cheated doesn't feel good, but it's better than nothing.
Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Chiristopher Intagliata.
- Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position. 激活窗口，保持当前的大小及位置不变。
- Pulling out the alarm switch activates alarm and pushing it deactivates it. 闹钟的开和关是通过拔出和按入闹铃开关实现的。
- He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
- They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。
- That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
- Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。