雙語(yǔ)閱讀：爬樹可以提高智商

　　導(dǎo)語(yǔ)：一項(xiàng)研究證明，爬樹、赤腳跑、爬行等兒時(shí)的娛樂活動(dòng)能夠有效的提高記憶力。以下是小編整理的英語(yǔ)文章， 大家一起來(lái)看一下吧。

　　If crosswords are too easy and Sudoku a touch boring, why not go and climb a tree?

　　如果你覺得填字游戲太過簡(jiǎn)單，數(shù)獨(dú)(一種運(yùn)用紙、筆進(jìn)行演算的邏輯游戲)又難的有點(diǎn)單調(diào)，為什么不去爬爬樹呢?

　　A study found that childish pastimes such as climbing trees, running barefoot and crawling dramatically boost memory.

　　一項(xiàng)研究證明，爬樹、赤腳跑、爬行等兒時(shí)的娛樂活動(dòng)能夠有效的提高記憶力。

　　Working memory - the type of memory we use every day to remember phone numbers, follow directions and use a shopping list - improved by 50 per cent.

　　這些兒童游戲能讓我們的工作記憶——即我們每天用以記住電話號(hào)碼，認(rèn)清方位，寫出購(gòu)物清單的記憶能力——提升了50%之多。

　　The University of North Florida researchers put 72 men and women aged between 18 and 59 through a test of working memory, in which they had to remember lists of numbers in reverse order.

　　北佛羅里達(dá)大學(xué)的研究人員對(duì)72名年齡在18-59歲之間的男女進(jìn)行了研究，他們讓這些調(diào)查對(duì)象記住若干寫滿倒序數(shù)字的數(shù)列，從而測(cè)定他們的工作記憶力。

　　Some then spent two hours doing a range of obstacle course-like activities.

　　之后，一些調(diào)查對(duì)象參加了2小時(shí)類似障礙跑之類的體育活動(dòng)。

　　These included climbing trees, running barefoot and crawling along a narrow beam.

　　這些活動(dòng)包括爬樹，赤腳跑步和沿著一根狹窄的木道爬行。

　　Others listened to a lecture or did a yoga class, before working memory was tested again.

　　另一些調(diào)查對(duì)象則去聽了一場(chǎng)演講或參加了一節(jié)瑜伽課，然后研究人員再次測(cè)量了他們的工作記憶。

　　Only those who had done the obstacle course did better.

　　只有那些進(jìn)行了障礙賽跑活動(dòng)的調(diào)查對(duì)象在第二次測(cè)試中成績(jī)有所提高。

　　Climbing a tree and balancing on a beam hone ‘proprioceptive’ skills – the brain’s ability to sense where the legs, arms, hands and feet are in space without looking.

　　爬樹和走橫木等活動(dòng)能夠鍛煉人的“本體感受力”——通過這種能力，我們不用看到自己的四肢和手腳，就能感受到這些身體組織的存在。