科学美国人60秒 SSS 2014-08-28
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：2014年Scientific American(八)月
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We all have those confidence surging songs that we listen to before making an event. Now researchers say that the lyrics 1 are not what necessarily what make us feel dominant 2, it’s the booming bass 3. That’s according to the study in the Journal-Social Psychology 4 and Personality Science.
Certain types of music, such as heavy metal and hip-hop, make people feel powerful and aggressive. Let’s find out why researchers had people listen to dozens of songs. Then they ask how powerful the participants feel while listening. Toping the list for imbuing 5 a sense of strike
At the bottom, questioning
The researchers then have subjects listen to the songs and do some tests. In one, the volunteers were told they could win money if they predicted the outcome of the dice 6-roll, either by their party or themselves. Even though the outcome will be random 7 in either case, those who had listened to bass heavy music were more likely to want to be one to roll the dice.
In other test, participants listening to bass heavy music picked more powerful words when doing word exercises and were more likely to want to go first in the bass.
So if you wanna power boost, try just pumping up the bass
1 lyrics
n.歌词
- music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
- The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。
2 dominant
adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因
- The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
- She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。
3 bass
n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴
- He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
- The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。
4 psychology
n.心理，心理学，心理状态
- She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
- He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。