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1、第十一篇WhenOurEyesServeOurStomachOursensesaren’tjustdelivering汪strictviewofwhat’sgoingonintheworld；they’reaffectedbywhat’sgoingoninourheads.Anewstudyfindsthathungrypeopleseefood-relatedwordsmoreclearlythanpeoplewho’vejusteaten.Psychologistshaveknownfordecadesthatwhat’sgoingon,insideourheadaffect

2、soursenses.Forexample,poorerchildrenthinkcoinsarelargerthantheyare,andhungrypeoplethinkpicturesoffoodarebrighter.RemiRadelofUniversityofNiceSophia-Antipolis，France，wantedtoinvestigatehowthishappens.Doesithappenrightawayasthebrainreceivessignalsfromtheeyesoralittlelaterasthebrain’shigh-levelth

3、inkingprocessesgetinvolved.Radelrecruited42studentswithanormalbodymassindex.Onthedayofhisorhertest,eachstudentwastoldtoarriveatthelabatnoonafterthreeorfourhoursofnoteating.Thentheyweretoldtherewasadelay.Someweretoldtocomebackin10minutes;othersweregivenanhourtogetlunchfirst.Sohalfthestudentswe

4、rehungrywhentheydidtheexperimentandtheotherhalfhadjusteaten.Fortheexperiment,theparticipantlookedatacomputerscreen.Onebyone,80wordsflashedonthescreenforaboutl/300thofasecondeach.Theyflashedatsosmallasizethatthestudentscouldonlyconsciouslyperceive.Aquarterofthewordswerefood-related.Aftereachwo

5、rd，eachpersonwasaskedhowbrightthewordwasandaskedtochoosewhichoftwowordsthey’dseen—afood-relatedwordlikecakeoraneutralwordlikeboat.Eachwordappearedtoobrieflyfortheparticipanttoreallyreadit.Hungrypeoplesawthefood-relatedwordsasbrighterandwerebetteratidentifyingfood-relatedwords.Becausethewordap

6、pearedtooquicklyforthemtobereliablyseen,thismeansthatthedifferenceisinperception,notinthinkingprocesses,Radelsays.“Thisissomethinggreattome.Humanscanreallyperceivewhattheyneedorwhattheystrivefor.Fromtheexperiment,Iknowthatourbraincanreallybeatthedisposalofourmotivesandneeds,”Radelsays.词汇：thre

7、sholdn.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;五官感觉还受大脑活动的影响。2.UniversityofNiceSophia-Antipolis:法国尼斯•索菲亚•安提波利斯大学，简称尼斯大学