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官网网站： ________________________________________________________________ 新SAT官方指南阅读第八篇全解析 Passage 1isadaptedfromNicholasCarr,“AuthorNicholasCarr:TheWebShattersFocus,Rewires Brains.”©2010byCondéNast.Passage2isfromStevenPinker,“MindoverMassMedia.”©2010byTheNew YorkTimesCompany. Passage1 Thementalconsequencesofouronlineinfo-crunchingarenotuniversallybad.Certain cognitiveskillsarestrengthenedbyouruseofcomputersandtheNet.Thesetendtoinvolvemore primitivementalfunctions,suchashand-eyecoordination,reflexresponse,andtheprocessingof visualcues.Onemuch-citedstudyofvideogamingrevealedthatafterjust 10daysofplaying 5 actiongamesoncomputers,agroupofyoungpeoplehadsignificantlyboostedthespeedwith whichtheycouldshifttheirvisualfocusbetweenvariousimagesandtasks. It’slikelythatWebbrowsingalsostrengthensbrainfunctionsrelatedtofast-pacedproblem solving,particularlywhenitrequiresspottingpatternsinawelterofdata.ABritishstudyofthe waywomensearchformedicalinformationonlineindicatedthatanexperiencedInternetuser 10 can,atleastinsomecases,assessthetrustworthinessandprobablevalueofaWebpageina matterofseconds.Themorewepracticesurfingandscanning,themoreadeptourbrainbecomes atthosetasks. Butitwouldbeaseriousmistaketolooknarrowlyatsuchbenefitsandconcludethatthe Webismakingussmarter.InaSciencearticlepublishedinearly2009,prominentdevelopmental 1 官网网站： ________________________________________________________________ 15 psychologistPatriciaGreenfieldreviewedmorethan40studiesoftheeffectsofvarioustypesof mediaonintelligenceandlearningability.Sheconcludedthat“everymediumdevelopssome cognitiveskillsattheexpenseofothers.”OurgrowinguseoftheNetandothers