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1、2013年职称英语(理工类)新增文章学习阅读理解第十一篇WhenOurEyesServeOurStomachOursensesaren’tjustdeliveringastrictviewofwhat’sgoingonintheworld;they’reaffectedbywhat’sgoingoninourheads.Anewstudyfindsthathungrypeopleseefood-relatedwordsmoreclearlythanpeoplewho’vejusteaten.Psychologistshaveknownfordecade
2、sthatwhat’sgoingon,insideourheadaffectsoursenses.Forexample,poorerchildrenthinkcoinsarelargerthantheyare,andhungrypeoplethinkpicturesoffoodarebrighter.RemiRadelofUniversityofNiceSophia-Antipolis,France,wantedtoinvestigatehowthishappens.Doesithappenrightawayasthebrainreceivessign
3、alsfromtheeyesoralittlelaterasthebrain’shigh-levelthinkingprocessesgetinvolved.Radelrecruited42studentswithanormalbodymassindex.Onthedayofhisorhertest,eachstudentwastoldtoarriveatthelabatnoonafterthreeorfourhoursofnoteating.Thentheyweretoldtherewasadelay.Someweretoldtocomebackin
4、10minutes;othersweregivenanhourtogetlunchfirst.Sohalfthestudentswerehungrywhentheydidtheexperimentandtheotherhalfhadjusteaten.Fortheexperiment,theparticipantlookedatacomputerscreen.Onebyone,80wordsflashedonthescreenforaboutl/300thofasecondeach.Theyflashedatsosmallasizethatthestu
5、dentscouldonlyconsciouslyperceive.Aquarterofthewordswerefood-related.Aftereachword,eachpersonwasaskedhowbrightthewordwasandaskedtochoosewhichoftwowordsthey’dseen—afood-relatedwordlikecakeoraneutralwordlikeboat.Eachwordappearedtoobrieflyfortheparticipanttoreallyreadit.Hungrypeopl
6、esawthefood-relatedwordsasbrighterandwerebetteratidentifyingfood-relatedwords.Becausethewordappearedtooquicklyforthemtobereliablyseen,thismeansthatthedifferenceisinperception,notinthinkingprocesses,Radelsays.“Thisissomethinggreattome.Humanscanreallyperceivewhattheyneedorwhatthey
7、strivefor.Fromtheexperiment,Iknowthatourbraincanreallybeatthedisposalofourmotivesandneeds,”Radelsays.词汇:thresholdn.起点,开端;门槛disposaln.处理,处置;配置neutraladj.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
8、官感觉还受大脑活动的影响。2.UniversityofNiceSophia-Antipolis
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