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 This is Scientific Americans 60 Seconds Science. I'm Kerry Horgen. This is just take-a-minute. If you are like me, you know that multitasking does not always save time. You slow down or make mistakes that require fixing but maybe I'm just doing the wrong things. Because a new study shows that people on a stationary1 bike pedaled faster when they simultaneously2 took some sort of mental test. Even the researchers were suprised by that result. They originally set out to demostrate what other studies have shown that when people try to do two things at once, they do both more poorly. Their counterintuitive finding is in the journal plus one. In the experiment, subjects were asked to complete various cognitive3 jobs that ranged in difficulty, everything from saying go when they saw a blue star on the projection4 screen to remembering a long list of numbers and then repeating them back in reverse orders. They toggled these tests once while setting in a quiet room and again while on a bike, turns out cyclists drove 25 percent faster when they were distracted by some mental gymnastics, but only when the tests were relatively5 easy. When confronted with taugh brainteasers, their cycling speeds were about the same as when they had nothing particularlly to think about. And in case of wondering the particpants cycling neither helped nor hindered their brain fuction, the finding could point to new programs in which we get better work out simply by using our heads. Thanks for the minute for Scientific Americans 60 Seconds Science. I'm Kerry Hargen.


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1 stationary CuAwc     
adj.固定的,静止不动的
参考例句:
  • A stationary object is easy to be aimed at.一个静止不动的物体是容易瞄准的。
  • Wait until the bus is stationary before you get off.你要等公共汽车停稳了再下车。
2 simultaneously 4iBz1o     
adv.同时发生地,同时进行地
参考例句:
  • The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
  • The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。
3 cognitive Uqwz0     
adj.认知的,认识的,有感知的
参考例句:
  • As children grow older,their cognitive processes become sharper.孩子们越长越大,他们的认知过程变得更为敏锐。
  • The cognitive psychologist is like the tinker who wants to know how a clock works.认知心理学者倒很像一个需要通晓钟表如何运转的钟表修理匠。
4 projection 9Rzxu     
n.发射,计划,突出部分
参考例句:
  • Projection takes place with a minimum of awareness or conscious control.投射在最少的知觉或意识控制下发生。
  • The projection of increases in number of house-holds is correct.对户数增加的推算是正确的。
5 relatively bkqzS3     
adv.比较...地,相对地
参考例句:
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

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