雙語研究:閉眼睛可提高記憶力.

　　如果你忘記了你的密碼，試一下閉上你的眼睛。實驗結(jié)果表明，當我們閉上眼睛不關(guān)注外面世界的時候，我們的記憶力會被提高。來我們看看這個實驗的情況吧，詳細請看下面的雙語研究內(nèi)容。

　　It is thought that blocking out distractions frees up the necessary brainpower to rememberthings. Psychologists from the University of Surrey put the theory to test by showing almost200 men and women short films and asking them a series of questions about what they hadseen.

　　阻斷干擾被認為可以釋放必要的腦力去記憶事情。來自塞瑞大學的心理學家為證明這個理論進行了如下實驗：通過給大約200名男性和女性展示一些短片并問他們一系列關(guān)于他們看到了什么的問題。

　　The first film clip was silent and showed an electrician stealing as he carried out jobs in a house.

　　第一個短片是無聲的，可以看到一名電工在一個住宅內(nèi)工作時正在偷竊。

　　The volunteers then answered a series of questions about what they had seen – and half ofthem did this with their eyes closed. Those whose eyes were open got just 48 per cent of theanswers right on average – a score much lower than the 71 per cent achieved by those whohad shut their eyes.

　　然后參加實驗的志愿者回答了一系列關(guān)于他們看到什么的問題——其中有一半人是閉著眼睛回憶的。那些睜開眼睛去回憶的志愿者只有48%的回答正確率，與那些閉著眼睛回憶的志愿者的71%的回答正確率相比，實在低了許多。

　　Having built up a rapport with the questioner boosted scores further.

　　和被提問者建立了融洽的關(guān)系后，回答正確分數(shù)將會進一步提高。

　　The second film clip came from the BBC series Crimewatch and included sound as well asimages.

　　而第二個短片則來自英國廣播公司系列犯罪影片，既由聲音也有圖像，同樣證實了結(jié)論。

　　Closing eyes boosted recall of facts heard and seen.

　　閉上眼睛的確加強了對所聽到和所看到的事實的記憶。

　　It had been argued that the technique improves memory by allowing people to build a detailedmental image of the thing they are trying to recall.

　　一直在爭論，這項技術(shù)通過讓人們對他們所記憶的東西建立一個詳細的幻想的來改善記憶。

　　The finding that the trick also made it easier to remember auditory information shows this is notthe only explanation.

　　對這個訣竅也更容易讓人記住聽覺信息的發(fā)現(xiàn)顯示這并不是唯一的解釋。

　　Researcher Robert Nash said it is likely that those who shut their eyes also benit fromblocking out distractions.

　　研究員羅伯特·納什說可能這是因為那些閉上眼睛的人受益于屏蔽干擾。警察一直鼓勵證人作證時閉上眼睛試圖記住犯罪的細節(jié)。

　　He said that police forces have long been aware of the benits of asking eyewitnesses to shuttheir eyes during interviews.

　　他說，警察早就意識到這個的訣竅，并在面談時要求目擊者閉上他們的眼睛。

　　His study, published in the journal Legal and Criminological Psychology, suggests that police willglean even more information if they build up a rapport with the interviewee.

　　他的研究發(fā)表在《法律與犯罪學的心理學》 ，建議如果警方與受訪者建立融洽的關(guān)系，將收集更多的信息。

　　Dr Nash believes that a simple closing of the eyes will also be of benit in everyday situations,such as recalling pin numbers and remembering shopping lists.

　　納什博士認為，閉上眼睛這一簡單的行為在日常生活中也將受益,如回憶密碼和記住購物清單。

　　And while his experiment involved quizzing people shortly after they’d watched a film, otherstudies suggest that closing eyes can boost recall of events that date back several years.

　　雖然他的實驗只涉及了志愿者看了短片不久后就向他們提問，但其他的研究表明，閉上眼睛可以增強對幾年前的事情的回憶。