第九章 英语阅读：科学家发现打游戏有6大好处.docVIP

美联英语提供：囧研究：科学家发现打游戏有6大好处 两分钟做个小测试，看看你的英语水平/test/kuaisu.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 Video games are not the mind-melting devil creations that your parents made them out to be. 电子游戏并不是你父母口中有害心智的恶魔。 Not only can gaming be a whole lot of fun, but recent research has revealed theres also a range of scientific benefits to playing videogames. 打游戏不仅能带来乐趣，最近的研究还显示电子游戏有一系列益处。 Here are six of the best benefits: 这里列举出玩游戏的六大益处： 1. 3D video games could increase memory capacity 1. 3D电子游戏可提升记忆容量 In a 2015 study in The Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from the University of California, Irvine recruited 69 participants, and asked a third to play Super Mario 3D World for two weeks, a third to play Angry Birds, and the rest to play nothing. 《神经科学》杂志2015年刊登过一项研究，加州大学欧文分校的研究人员招募了69名志愿者，要求其中三分之一的人用两周时间玩“超级马里奥3D世界”、三分之一玩“愤怒的小鸟”、剩下三分之一什么也不玩。 The people who played Mario ended up doing better on follow-up memory tasks, while the others showed no improvement pre- and post-gaming. 结果发现，第一组志愿者在后续的记忆任务中表现更佳，而其他两组在游戏前后的表现并不存在显著差异。 Video gamers who specifically favour complex 3D video games performed better, the researchers concluded. 研究人员总结道：“特别喜欢复杂3D游戏的玩家表现得更好。” 2. Gaming could be good for pain relief 2. 游戏有助于缓解疼痛 This one is the best excuse for playing video games on your next sick day – a 2012 literature review published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that in the 38 studies examined, video games improved the health outcomes of 195 patients on every front, including psychological and physical therapy. 下次生病想打游戏的时候就可以用这个理由——2012年，《美国预防医学》杂志的一篇文献综述写道，从38项研究中可以看出，电子游戏从各个方面提升了195名患者的身心健康程度。 Plus, in 2010, scientists presented research at the American Pain Societys conference, which found evidence that playing video games, especially virtual reality games, are effective at reducing anxiety or pain caused by chronic illness or medical procedures. 此外，2010年，科学家在美国疼痛协会会议上介绍一项研究，该研究发现玩电子游戏(尤其是虚拟现实游戏)能够有效地缓解由慢性疾病或医疗过程引起的焦虑或疼痛。 The focus is drawn to the game not the pain or the medical pro