【英语时差8，16】抚养方式怎样影响大脑

 On this Moment of Science Ya?l and Don discuss how parenting affects the brain.   Ya?l : On today's Moment of Science--wait a sec, Don, do you mind if I call home real quick?

Don: Now? In the middle of the show?

Y: Well, I'm worried about the baby. I just want to check that she's okay.

D: Okay. Sure. Go ahead. But let me tell you that you're going to look back on this and wonder whatever possessed¹ you to do things like call home every five minutes and poke² the baby over and over while she's sleeping to make sure she's still breathing.

Y: Hey, how do you know about that?

D: Because you're not alone. In fact, a study out of Yale University suggested that having a child may actually affect your brain function.

Y: There's a newsflash. I think it's the sleep deprivation³.

D: Actually, it's more than that. In the study, researchers monitored parents' brain activity when they heard their child crying, or saw their child's picture. Interestingly, it turned out that some of the brain areas that were activated⁴ are the same as the brain areas that are overactive in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder⁵.

Y: Don, are you saying I'm mentally⁶ ill?

D: Of course not. It's only normal to worry about your baby.

Y: So what are you saying?

D: Two things. First, the study suggests that obsessive-compulsive disorder may happen when the same parts of the brain that help us be good parents become overactive.

Y: And second?

D: The study is also part of a growing body of research about the physiological⁷ changes that happen to people once they become parents. The question is whether people are, in some sense, pre-programmed for their roles as parents.

Y: So can I call home now?

D: Sure, Ya?l. Show's over.  

1 possessed   

adj.疯狂的；拥有的，占有的

参考例句：

• He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
• He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。

2 poke   

n.刺，戳，袋；vt.拨开，刺，戳；vi.戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
• Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。

3 deprivation   

n.匮乏；丧失；夺去，贫困

参考例句：

• Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous.多实验都证实了睡眠被剥夺是危险的。
• Missing the holiday was a great deprivation.错过假日是极大的损失。

4 activated   

adj. 激活的 动词activate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The canister is filled with activated charcoal.蒸气回收罐中充满了活性炭。

5 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

6 mentally   

adv.精神上，理智上，在心中

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Male nurses are often employed in hospitals for the mentally ill.精神病院常雇用男护士护理精神病人。

7 physiological   

adj.生理学的，生理学上的

参考例句：

• He bought a physiological book.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
• Every individual has a physiological requirement for each nutrient.每个人对每种营养成分都有一种生理上的需要。