考研英語閱讀:學音樂的好處
學音樂的好處
Learning to play a musical instrument can change your brain, with a US review finding music training can lead to improved speech and foreign language skills.
掌握一門樂器能夠使大腦發(fā)生變化。這是美國的一項最新研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，通過音樂訓練還能夠提高演講和外語水平。
Although it has been suggested in the past that listening to Mozart or other classical music could make you smarter,
盡管過去就有人提到過聽莫扎特或其他古典音樂可以讓人變得更聰明，
there has been little evidence to show that music boosts brain power.
但是并沒有足夠的證據(jù)證明音樂能提高人的智商。
But a data-driven review by Northwestern University has pulled together research that links musical training to learning that spills over into skills including language, speech, memory, attention and even vocal emotion.
如今，美國西北大學的一項研究從數(shù)據(jù)出發(fā)，分析探討了音樂訓練對語言、演講、記憶力、注意力甚至感情表達等能力的影響。
Researcher Nina Kraus said the data strongly suggested that the neural connections made during musical training also enhanced the brain for other aspects of human communication.
據(jù)研究人員妮娜·克勞斯介紹，他們的研究數(shù)據(jù)充分表明，音樂訓練過程中所產(chǎn)生的神經(jīng)元連接能增強大腦在人際溝通等方面的能力。
“ The effect of music training suggests that, akin to physical exercise and its impact on body fitness,
在研究報告中，這些研究人員這樣說道：“與體育鍛煉對身體健康的影響一樣，
music is a resource that tones the brain for auditory fitness and thus requires society to re-examine the role of music in shaping inpidual development,”the researchers said in their study.
音樂能夠增強大腦活力，增強聽覺的敏銳度。所以我們有必要重視音樂在個人發(fā)展中所起的作用。”
Kraus said learning musical sounds could enhance the brain’s ability to adapt and change and also enable the nervous system to provide a scaffolding of patterns that are important to learning.
克勞斯還說，學習聲樂能夠提高大腦的應變能力，也可以幫助神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)建立起一個有利于學習的架構(gòu)。
The study, published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience,
該成果發(fā)表于《神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)科學自然評論》上，
looked at the explosion of research in recent years focused on the effects of music training on the nervous system which could have strong implications for education.
對近幾年該領(lǐng)域內(nèi)的最新研究進行了回顧和分析。這些研究主要關(guān)注的是音樂訓練對神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)的影響及其可能會對教育產(chǎn)生的潛在影響。
The study found that playing an instrument primes the brain to choose what is relevant in a complex process that may involve reading or remembering a score, timing issues and coordination with other musicians.
研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，演奏樂器能幫助提升大腦從各種復雜的過程中分辨出有價值信息的能力，這一復雜的過程可能包括看譜、記譜，計時或與其他樂師配合等。
“A musician’s brain selectively enhances information-bearing elements in sound,” Kraus said in a statement.
克勞斯在一項聲明中說：“音樂家的大腦能夠有選擇性地從聲音中分辨出載有信息的元素。
“In a beautiful interrelationship between sensory and cognitive processes, the nervous system makes associations between complex sounds and what they mean.”
在感覺和認知的不斷交互和融合中，神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)能把復雜的聲音和它們所表達的意思聯(lián)系起來。”
