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人大附中2021新高考英语外刊精选补充阅读积累(阅读写作提升80)
一边用电脑一边刷手机,可能会损害记忆力
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流量为王的时代,无论是视频、图像还是文字,各种形式的媒体都在争夺人们稀缺的注意力。网民可能因受到多媒体信息的轮番轰炸而损伤身体。
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The bulky, modern human brain evolved hundreds of thousands of years ago and, for the most part, has remained largely unchanged. That is, it is innately tuned to analog information—to focus on the hunt at hand or perhaps the forage for wild plants.
庞大的现代人类大脑在几十万年前就已经进化了,而且大多数情况下,基本没有发生改变。也就是说,大脑天生就会调整模拟信息——是专心进行手头上的狩猎,还是搜寻野菜。
Yet we now pummel our ancient thinking organ with a daily deluge of digital information that many scientists believe may have enduring and worrisome effects.
然而,我们现在每天都在用数字信息的洪流冲击着我们古老的思维器官,许多科学家认为这些信息可能会产生持久且令人担忧的影响。
A new study published today in Nature supports the concern. The research suggests that “media multitasking”—or engaging with multiple forms of digital or screen-based media simultaneously, whether they are television, texting or Instagram—may impair attention in young adults, worsening their ability to later recall speci