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双语阅读之5大黄金法则：保护大脑健康,推动事业发展 5 Ways To Protect Your Brain, And Boost Your Career 5大黄金法则：保护大脑健康，推动事业发展 Not so long ago, conventional wisdom among neuroscientists held that the human brain was doomed to deteriorate with the passage of time, and there wasnt much anyone could do about it. 不久前，神经科学家们都相信这样一种观点，即随着岁月的流逝，人类大脑会逐渐退化，而且人类对此无能为力。 Instead, a raft of recent studies, aided by brain-imaging technology, all point to a much different conclusion: Our grey matter can keep on regenerating throughout life, producing new active cells all the time. Your brain is a living and constantly developing dense forest with billions of neurons and synapses, says Alvaro Fernandez, founder and CEO of market research firm SharpBrains. 但是，在脑部成像技术的辅助下，最近的大量研究都得出了截然不同的结论。在我们一生当中，灰色神经组织会不断再生，形成新的活性细胞。市场研究公司SharpBrains创始人兼CEO阿尔瓦罗?费尔南德斯说：“人类的大脑就像是一个充满生机、不断生长的茂密森林，里面有数十亿个神经细胞和神经节。” The emerging science of neuroplasticity, which studies how our brains change and adapt, is revealing that, as with muscles, its a case of use it or lose it, he adds. Once new neurons appear in your brain, where they stay and how long they survive depends on how you use them. 神经可塑性学科是一门新兴学科，研究大脑如何变化和调整。该学科发现，与肌肉一样，大脑的情况也属于“非用即失”。他补充说：“当大脑中出现新的神经细胞后，它们所在的位置和存活时间，都取决于你如何利用它们。” Fernandez is co-author of a book called The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness that boils down the current explosion of new research in this area to specific advice on what to do now to guard against Alzheimers and other forms of cognitive impairment later on. 费尔南德斯是《大脑健康指南》（The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness）一书的联合作者。这本书将目前在这一领域的大量研究成果总结成了具体的建议，指导读者如何从现在做起，预防老年痴呆和未来可能出现的其他认知功能障碍。 By a lucky coincidence, theres plenty of overlap between whats good for your brain and what could turbo-charge your career. Consider these five tips: 机缘巧合的是，有利于大脑健康的做法和加快职业发展的措施之间有许多相通之处。比如下面五条建议： 1. Never stop learning. The latest research shows conclusively that, the better educated a person is, the less likely she is to suffer from age-related decline. H