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Web Surf to Save Your Aging Brain上网能够救回你老化的大脑


Surfing the Internet just might be a way to preserve your mental skills as you age.
上网浏览网页可能会是一种当你年老时保留你智商的方法。


Researchers found that older adults who started browsing the Web experienced improved brain function after only a few days.
研究者发现开始体验上网的年老者大脑机能几天后就能见到有进步。


"You can teach an old brain new technology tricks," said Dr. Gary Small, a psychiatry professor at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of iBrain. With people who had little Internet experience, "we found that after just a week of practice, there was a much greater extent of activity particularly in the areas of the brain that make decisions, the thinking brain -- which makes sense because, when you're searching online, you're making a lot of decisions," he said. "It's interactive."
“你可以教一个年老的大脑新的科技技术”，加里。士莫博士说道，他是一位来自洛杉矶加州大学，神经系统科学和人类行为分学院的精神病学教授。同时是IBRAIN一书的作者。对于那些跟互联网少有接触的人“我们发现只需经过一个星期的操作，在大脑中负责做决定功能的区域就会显示得非常活跃。这主要系指对大脑的思考功能起作用，那是因为，当你在网上搜索的时候，你同时要做很多的决定。”他说，“这个动作是非常互动的."

"You can exercise your mind by using the Internet, but it depends on how it's used," he explained. "If you get hooked on gambling or eBay shopping, that may not be positive."
“你可以锻炼你的大脑通过使用互联网，当要取决于你是怎样用互联网。”他解释到，“如果你沉迷于赌博或者网上购物，那效果不一定是正面的。”



Useful Expression

• interactive [‘inter‘Aktiv]

     adj. 交互式的

• hooked on 对。。。着迷

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