Recent studies have shown that moving our body in certain ways can improve our ability to think.

    最近的研究表明，以某種方式移動你的身體能提高你思考能力。

    Our Bodies, Our Brains

    Remember the expression: "Talk to the hand."?

    Since it came from: "Talk to the hand, 'cause the face don't give a damn." I'd say it's a negative statement.

    Well, regardless of the words, the image of a pushed out arm is often connected to something negative.

    And an arm beckoning towards oneself is typically connected to something positive.

    In fact, body movement can become so strongly connected to the accompanying thoughts that the mere movement itself can elicit associated feelings, according to studies.

    A recent experiment published in Psychological Science shows that approaching or moving away from an object can actually affect our thought processes. And body movements which are connected to negative emotions tend to enhance cognitive ability. The authors say that's probably because adverse situations typically require more cognitive control to deal with potentially bad consequences.

    Working with 38 subjects, the scientists confirmed that either a step forward （a typically positive movement） or a step backward （usually negative） significantly changed one's ability to perform a mental task.

    Taking four steps back improved a subject's accuracy and timing on the task, whereas taking four steps forward led to longer processing times and more errors.

    Gives you a new angle on the line: "Take a step back and think for a second."

    我們的身體移動和思考有關

    還記得這個成語嗎："和手說去吧"?（實際意思是"閉嘴",相當于"shut up"--譯者注。）

    這個成語來自于："和手說去吧，因為你從臉上什么也得不到。"（即告訴對方住嘴--譯者注）,因此我想說，這句話是個批評用語。

    當然了，即使不考慮談話的內(nèi)容，手臂伸出去的這個動作也往往和一些負面的東西聯(lián)系起來。

    而手臂彎向自己的身體往往和一些積極的東西聯(lián)系在一起。

    事實上，研究結果表明，身體的移動與伴隨的思想聯(lián)系非常緊密，以致于身體移動本身就能引起相關的情感。

    最近發(fā)表在《心理科學》（Psychological Science）上的一個實驗表明，向某個物體移動或者從這個物體移開實際上能影響我們的思維過程。另外，與消極情感相連的身體運動傾向于提高認知能力。作者說，這可能是因為不利的情況往往對認知控制要求更多，從而去處理潛在的糟糕結果。

    科學家們對38名受試者的研究證實，向前一步（通常是積極的移動）或者向后一步（通常是消極的移動）都能顯著地改變一個人執(zhí)行心理任務的能力。

    向后退4步能提高受試者執(zhí)行任務的精確度和準時性，然而前進4步讓受試者犯更多的錯誤，而且耗費更多的時間。

    對于"退一步，再想想"這句話，我們需要給予新的認識視角。

    Vocabulary:

    Negative:負面的；消極的

    Regardless of: （介詞短語）不考慮

    Beckon:指向

    Accompany:陪伴

    Elicit:引起

    Enhance:提高

    Cognitive:認知的

    Adverse:不利的

    Potentially:潛在的

    Consequence:結果

    Confirm:證實

    Significantly:顯著地

    Mental:心理的

    Accuracy:精確性；準確性