TED演讲:应不应该相信自己的第一印象(3)

Moreover, when updating impressions based on people's behaviors, 再者，当别人的行为刷新了印象， activity in the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex 腹内侧前额叶皮层的活动 and the superior temporal sulcus correlates with percepti

TED演讲:3个激发自己信心的技巧(1)

When faced with a big challenge where potential failure seems to lurk at every corner, 当面临一个巨大的挑战时，失败的可能性貌似在各个角落潜伏着， maybe you've heard this advice before: Be more confident. 也许你曾听过这

TED演讲:3个激发自己信心的技巧(2)

So, by keeping in mind a few practical tips, we do actually have the power to cultivate our own confidence. 所以，通过牢记一些实用技巧，我们就能真正的拥有培养自信的能力。 Tip 1: a quick fix. 技巧一：快速调整心态

TED演讲:能讲多种语言如何造福大脑(1)

Hablas espanol? Parlez-vous francais? 你会说西班牙语、法语、中文吗？ If you answered, s, oui, or hui 如果你能回答si，oui 或是会， and you're watching this in English, chances are you belong to the world's bilingual and multi

TED演讲:能讲多种语言如何造福大脑(2)

Because all types of bilingual people can become fully proficient in a language regardless of accent or pronunciation, 上述三种双语使用者，他们至少都能精通一种语言，无论是在腔调或是发音方面， the difference may not

TED演讲:能讲多种语言如何造福大脑(3)

Some of these are even visible, such as higher density of the grey matter 有些好处，甚至可以看得见，例如大脑灰白质的密度增加， that contains most of your brain's neurons and synapses, 那里包含了脑部大多数的神经元

TED演讲:什么会导致口臭(2)

For example, they'll break proteins into their component amino acids 比如，它们会把蛋白质分解成氨基酸成分， and then break those down even further into various compounds. 然后再把这些更进一步分解成各种化合物。 So

TED演讲:什么会导致口臭(3)

Behaviors like smoking and excessive alcohol consumption also have a very recognizable odor. 像抽烟和过度饮酒这样的行为也会产生一种非常明显的气味。 Regardless of cause, the bad smell almost always originates in the mouth 抛开

TED演讲:什么会导致口臭(1)

There is a curse that has plagued humanity since ancient times. 从古代起就有一种诅咒一直让人类饱受折磨。 The Greeks fought it by chewing aromatic resins, while the Chinese resorted to egg shells. 古希腊人通过咀嚼芳香树脂

TED演讲:演奏乐器如何益智(1)

Did you know that every time musicians pick up their instruments, 知道每当音乐家弹奏他们的乐器时 there are fireworks going off all over their brain? 他们脑里是到处在施放烟火吗？ On the outside, they may look calm and focu

TED演讲:演奏乐器如何益智(2)

The neuroscientists saw multiple areas of the brain light up, 神经科学家看到了脑内多处亮起， simultaneously processing different information in intricate, interrelated, and astonishingly fast sequences. 同时以复杂、互相关联、惊

TED演讲:演奏乐器如何益智(3)

This ability also has an impact on how our memory systems work. 这种能力也能影响记忆系统的运作。 And, indeed, musicians exhibit enhanced memory functions, 的确，音乐家有提高的记忆力功能， creating, storing, and retriev

TED演讲:梵高《星月夜》背后隐藏的数学理论(1)

One of the most remarkable aspects of the human brain is its ability to recognize patterns and describe them. 人的大脑有一个惊人的特性，就是能认出事物运作的模式并描述它。 Among the hardest patterns we've tried to underst

TED演讲:梵高《星月夜》背后隐藏的数学理论(3)

This motivated scientists from Mexico, Spain and England to study the luminance in Van Gogh's paintings in detail. 促使墨西哥、西班牙和英国的科学家开始研究梵高画作裡的颜色亮度。 They discovered that there is a distinct

TED演讲:流行饮食法有用吗(1)

Conventional wisdom about diets, including government health recommendations, seems to change all the time. 人们对饮食的普遍看法，包括政府的健康推荐，似乎永远都在发生变化。 And yet, ads routinely come about claiming to

TED演讲:流行饮食法有用吗(2)

Sodium is lost until the body can balance itself out, and temporary fluid weight loss may occur. 在身体能够补充之前，我们流失了钠元素，而且还会出现体液流失造成的暂时体重下降。 With other high-protein diets, you

TED演讲:流行饮食法有用吗(3)

Marketing emphasizes the allure of products associated with ancient and remote cultures to create a sense of mysticism for consumers. 营销人员强调这些和远古文化有关的产品的吸引力，来给消费者带来一种神秘的感觉。 W

TED演讲:碳水化合物是怎么作用于你的健康的(1)

Which of these has the least carbohydrates? 这些（食物）中哪些含碳水化合物最少呢？ This roll of bread? This bowl of rice? Or this can of soda? 这卷面包？这碗米饭？或者这罐苏打水？ It's a trick question. 这是个陷

TED演讲:碳水化合物是怎么作用于你的健康的(2)

Consider starch and fiber, both polysaccharides, both derived from plants, 拿淀粉和纤维来说，它们都是多糖，都是从植物中获得的， both composed of hundreds to thousands of monosaccharides joined together, 也都由成百上千个

TED演讲:碳水化合物是怎么作用于你的健康的(3)

When you eat and your blood sugar rises, insulin is secreted into the blood. 当你吃东西导致血糖升高的时候，胰岛素会被分泌到血液中。 It prompts your muscle and fat cells to let glucose in and jump starts the conversion of su