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1、2013年职称英语教材理工类新增文章内容第四部分阅读理解第十一篇WhenOurEyesServeOurStomachOursensesaren’tjustdeliveringstrictviewofwhat’sgoingonintheworld；they’reaffectedbywhat’sgoingoninourheads1.Anewstudyfindsthathungrypeopleseefood-relatedwordsmoreclearlythanpeoplewho’vejusteaten.Psycholog

2、istshaveknownfordecadesthatwhat’sgoingoninsideourheadaffectsoursenses.Forexample,poorerchildrenthinkcoinsarelargerthantheyare,andhungrypeoplethinkpicturesoffoodarebrighter.RemiRadelofUniversityofNiceSophia-Antipolis2，France，wantedtoinvestigatehowthishappens.Doe

3、sithappenrightawayasthebrainreceivessignalsfromtheeyesoralittlelaterasthebrain’shigh-levelthinkingprocessesgetinvolved.Radelrecruited42studentswithanormalbodymassindex3.Onthedayofhisorhertest,eachstudentwastoldtoarriveatthelabatnoonafterthreeorfourhoursofnoteat

4、ing.Thentheyweretoldtherewasadelay.Someweretoldtocomebackin10minutes;othersweregivenanhourtogetlunchfirst.Sohalfthestudentswerehungrywhentheydidtheexperimentandtheotherhalfhadjusteaten.Fortheexperiment,theparticipantlookedatacomputerscreen.Onebyone,80wordsflash

5、edonthescreenforaboutl/300thofasecondeach.Theyflashedatsosmallasizethatthestudentscouldonlyconsciouslyperceive.Aquarterofthewordswerefood-related.Aftereachword，eachpersonwasaskedhowbrightthewordwasandaskedtochoosewhichoftwowordsthey’dseen—afood-relatedwordlikec

6、akeoraneutralwordlikeboat.Eachwordappearedtoobrieflyfortheparticipanttoreallyreadit.Hungrypeoplesawthefood-relatedwordsasbrighterandwerebetteratidentifyingfood-relatedwords.Becausethewordappearedtooquicklyforthemtobereliablyseen,thismeansthatthedifferenceisinpe

7、rception5,notinthinkingprocesses,Radelsays.“Thisissomethinggreattome.Humanscanreallyperceivewhattheyneedorwhattheystrivefor.Fromtheexperiment,Iknowthatourbraincanreallybeatthedisposalof6ourmotivesandneeds,”Radelsays.词汇：thresholdn.起点，开端；门槛disposaln.处理,处置;配置neutr

8、aladj.中性的；中立的motiven.动机，目的strivev.努力，力求;斗争注释：1.Oursensesaren’tjustdeliveringastrictviewof...inourheads:这个句子的大概意思是:我们的五官感觉不仅仅让我们感知世界；五官感觉还受大脑活动的影响。2.UniversityofNiceSophia-An