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

TED演讲:梵高《星月夜》背后隐藏的数学理论(2)

But our brains' primate subdivision will see the contrasting colors without blending. 但视觉皮质中演化的分支会区辨颜色对比而不会将他们混合。 With these two interpretations happening at once, 当两种视觉处理方式同时发

TED演讲：你存钱的能力跟你用的语言有关?(8)

Now how can we think about health behaviors to think about savings? 我们能将健康相关的行为比作储蓄行为么？ Well, think about smoking, for example. Smoking is in some deep sense negative savings. 例如，吸烟这个事情，吸烟可

TED演讲：跟我说说高科技(1)

Five years ago, I experienced a bit of what it must have been like to be Alice in Wonderland. 五年前，我曾有过一个有如漫游爱丽丝仙境的经历。 Penn State asked me, a communications teacher, to teach a communications class for eng

TED演讲：试验 排除错误和万能神力(12)

And you sometimes need to be shocked out of that. 而有的时候我们需要把这种感觉抖掉。 Now I'm not going to pretend that this is easy. It isn't easy. It's incredibly painful. 现在我不想假装这是件容易的事情。这并不容易

TED演讲：别对我撒谎(8)

Okay, what were the telltale signs? Well first we heard what's known as a non-contracted denial. 好，破绽是哪些呢？首先，我们听到一个正式的否定形式。 Studies show that people who are overdetermined in their denial will resor

TED演讲：不要一悔再悔(10)

Now there is a case to be made that control freaks and perfectionists should not get tattoos, and I'm going to return to that point in a few minutes. 那么有一点就是控制狂和完美主义者千万别纹身,一会儿我会提到这一点。 Bu

TED演讲:人如果不喝水会怎么样(1)

Water is virtually everywhere, from soil moisture and ice caps, to the cells inside our own bodies. 水几乎无所不在，从土壤水分及冰帽，到人体内的细胞。 Depending on factors like location, fat index, age, and sex, the average h

TED演讲:人如果不喝水会怎么样(3)

For a long time, conventional wisdom said that we should drink eight glasses a day. 长久以来，一般观念都认为我们每天要喝8杯水， That estimate has since been fine-tuned. 但这个数据已被重新调整过。 Now, the consensus i

TED演讲:野火的必要性(3)

That's well more than the 115-140 degrees that signal the moment when serotinous seeds can be freed. 这远远高于华氏115-140度，即晚熟球果种子能被释放的所需温度。 At those temperatures, the cones burst open, releasing millions

TED演讲:3个激发自己信心的技巧(3)

The connections in your brain do get stronger and grow with study and practice. 随着学习与实践，他么脑突触间的链接会得到不断的强化 It also turns out, on average, people who have a growth mindset are more successful, 结果表明