Here's What Playing an Instrument Can Do for Your Brain 弹奏乐器对大脑有什么积极影响 Great news for all you musicians out there: Playing an instrument may boost reaction time, according to a new study. The added perk is something people

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Adults can have a tough time learning a new language. Some opt for language immersion, in which the person spends all their time reading, listening to and speaking the new language. Now research reveals that immersion students do indeed learn the new

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(十一)月

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Amy Kraft. Got a minute? Over the course of this campaign... A lot of people watch political debates on TV. Which means great opportunities for advertisers. But an ad for an island getaway or exoti

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(十)月

The Search 探寻 Jobs's interest in Eastern spirituality, Hinduism, Zen Buddhism, and the search for enlightenment was not merely the passing phase of a nineteen-year-old. 乔布斯对东方精神、印度教、佛教禅宗以及探寻个人启蒙的浓

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你焦虑吗小心抑郁症哦! Most psychotherapists would agree that depression is anger and sadness that has been repressed. And it can lead to a state where the afflicted feel there is nothing they can do to change their situation. A hopelessne

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6 Things to Eat Today for a Smarter Brain TomorrowFood for thoughtas well as memory, spatial perception, verbal skills, and more. First, the not-so-good news in neuroscience: According to a recent study, cognitive decline may set in as early as age 4

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BLACKPOOL, England The woman on the other end of the phone spoke lightheartedly of spring and her 81st birthday the previous week. Who did you celebrate with, Beryl? asked Alison, whose job was to offer a kind ear. 英格兰布莱克浦一位女士在电

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Learning how to knit might not be at the top of your fall to-do list, but it should be. Not just for your grandmother anymore, knitting has a wide variety of benefits beyond having something comfy to wear/snuggle/give away at the end of the process. 学

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Don't do an IQ test after a full week's work if you are 40 years or older. You could be disappointed. 如果你已经40岁了或者更大,那么工作一整周之后不要做智商测试,因为结果可能会令你大失所望。 If you're over 4

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Ever traipsed to the shops only to find once there you've completely forgotten what you went for? Or struggled to remember the name of an old acquaintance? For years we've accepted that a scatty brain is as much a part of ageing as wrinkles and grey

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Positive thinking is a significant element of happiness. In order to become a positive thinker, determination and consistency are important. The first thing to know about positive thinking is that everyone can do it. With certain cognitive and behavi

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Handwriting is dead, long live keyboard skills! 书写已逝,键盘技能万岁! So says the Finnish education system. From 2016 handwriting will no longer be taught in Finnish schools. And when a high-performing country like Finland makes an edu

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Autism 自闭症 Why it's not Rain Woman 为什么它不是雨女 Women have fewer cognitive disorders than men do because their bodies are better at ignoring the mutations which cause them 与男性相比,患有认知障碍的女性较少,因为她

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

Science and technology 科学技术 Computer security 计算机安全 Blame game 推脱责任 How to mimic human laxness with computers 如何用计算机模拟人类错误 TO ERR is human, but to foul things up completely takes a computer, or so the

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Repetition Doesnt Work: Better Ways to Train Your Memory 比重复更有效的记忆方法 A team of scientists recently discovered that repetition is a terrible way to memorize informationand their findings highlight much better strategies. 一组科学

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Autumn is the season of harvest, harvest success, to capture the feelings, their own in a very subtle way to grow up a lot; Autumn is the reincarnation of the mark, take a look at this day last year, photos of himself now have not identified a; in th

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Google is consistently rated the best place to work. So you need a degree from Harvard to get in the door, right? 谷歌一直被认为是最好的工作地点,这是否意味着,只有哈佛大学毕业生才能如愿踏进谷歌大门呢? Not

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Google is consistently rated the best place to work. So you need a degree from Harvard to get in the door, right? 谷歌一直被认为是最好的工作地点,这是否意味着,只有哈佛大学毕业生才能如愿踏进谷歌大门呢? Not

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ACKI LYDEN, HOST: OK. So here's a joke. A man sitting on the veranda with his wife one night when out of the blue he says: I love you. His wife says: Was that you or was that the beer talking? The man says: That was me talking to the beer. Maybe you

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Workers are more inclined to accept help if they feel the treatment regime will be considerate. 如果雇员们治疗方案合适的话,他们更愿意接受治疗。 Cognitive behavioural therapy, which teaches people to bypass unhelpful thoughts,

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