英語美文:想知道如何為你的大腦提速嗎？

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Cold meat and chocolate will get your mind fit ... and sex is handy too, according to a new book.

Forget Sudoku, crossword puzzles and computer games. If you really want to train your brain, then eat dark chocolate, have plenty of sex and follow the Scandinavian example of having cold meat for breakfast.

The growing numbers of people who are trying to strengthen their mental ability through 'brain training' should also avoid cannabis, watching soap operas, hanging out with serial complainers or pursuing fat-free diets, according to a new book on getting 'brain-fit'.

Many of the suggestions in Teach Yourself Training Your Brain are surprising, such as cuddling a baby, cheating at school, reading out loud and doing your university degree in business studies. Co-authors Terry Horne and Simon Wootton say their recommendations are based on and backed by the latest research by leading experts around the world.

'For decades we have thought that the cognitive capacity of our brains is genetically determined, whereas it's now clear that it's a lifestyle choice. What we eat and drink, how we learn at school and what type of moods we have are all crucial,' said Horne, a business lecturer at the University of Central Lancaster and an authority on thinking and learning.

'People can make lifestyle choices that will not only prevent what used to be seen as an inevitable decline in cognitive [ability] after the age of 17 - something that IQ tests seemed to bear out - but will constantly increase our cognitive capacity throughout our adult lives. Our far-reaching suggestions will empower people to develop their cognitive capacity or just let it decline.'

The book details the most up-to-date thinking in science about how diet, the environment, stress and other aspects of modern life affect our mental capacity and distils them in the form of chunks of advice as well as exercises.

It also points out that of the seven different chemical reactions that the brain undergoes in the sexual process, from contemplating intercourse to achieving orgasm, four help the thinking process. The ensuing increase in levels of the 'trust' hormone, oxytocin, for example, increases readiness to think of novel or risky solutions.

Similarly, the post-coital rise in serotonin levels aids both creative thinking and calm, logical decision-making.

The authors praise the plethora of useful elements in dark chocolate, such as magnesium and antioxidant flavonols, which benefit everything from the supply of oxygen to the brain to the reduction of the chances of brain damage through a stroke.

The book comes as more and more Britons are spending increasing sums on a fast-expanding market in books, DVDs, subscription websites and computer games which claim to supercharge people's memory to improve their performance at work, enhance their brain's ability to store information and ward off the effects of dementia.

Nintendo's Brain Age electronic brain training game, which includes memory, number and intelligence tests, has sold 10 million copies globally. In the United States, some insurance companies have begun giving older clients computer software programmes featuring such exercises to encourage them to stay as mentally sharp as possible. And some nursing homes there have set up 'brain gyms' for the same purpose.

Horne believes that many Britons need to make dramatic changes to their lifestyles to increase their cognitive capacity because of the switch to a 'knowledge economy' from one based on manual labour, and because of the fast-expanding number of over-65s. Happiness, confidence and an optimistic nature help the brain, he added.

'So mix with people who make you laugh, have a good sense of humour or who share the same interests as you, and avoid people who whinge, whine and complain, as people who are negative will make you depressed, which means you won't achieve things,' said Horne.

The book recommends that, instead of trying to find perfect happiness, people should instead seek a new concept the authors have called BLISS, which involves Body-based pleasure, Laughter, Involvement, Satisfaction and Sex, all of which enable the brain to think well.

Most people use only three to four per cent of their total supply of brain cells. But research among undergraduates has shown that those following the book's advice can experience a big enough increase in cognitive fitness to make the difference between getting a top job and a merely average one, said Horne.

Is this the recipe for a sharp mind?

Cheating

Children should not do homework on their own. Their minds will function better if they have help from parents or work with classmates.

Eating the right food

Have eggs, fish or cold meat at breakfast. Stick to protein-based foods at lunchtime such as oily fish with dark green vegetables.

Avoid bread, pasta or pizza and drink tea, ideally green or herbal, not coffee. Snack on nuts, not biscuits or other sweet things. Ideally, eat carbohydrates in the evenings only. Avoid caffeine, alcohol and red meat.

Speaking aloud

The old practice of getting pupils to speak in front of their class helps the brain because of the repetition involved. Adults can boost their memory by counting aloud to 99 in threes as fast as they can.

根據(jù)一本新書，冷肉和巧克力可以使你的大腦更健康...性愛則更加便利。

放棄數(shù)獨、縱橫字迷和電腦游戲吧，如果你真想訓(xùn)練你的大腦的話，去吃黑巧克力，做足夠多的愛并且像斯卡德維亞人那樣將冷肉作為早點。

根據(jù)一本關(guān)于讓大腦更健康的新書，日漸增多的想鍛煉他們的大腦能力的人群認(rèn)為大腦訓(xùn)練應(yīng)該遠(yuǎn)離大麻，少看肥皂劇，不要和經(jīng)常抱怨的人在一起，也不要進行減肥節(jié)食。

“教你訓(xùn)練你的大腦”中的很多建議很令人驚訝，比如擁抱小孩子，在學(xué)校行騙，大聲的讀出來和在商業(yè)學(xué)習(xí)中完成你的大學(xué)學(xué)位，書的作者泰瑞·霍尼和西蒙·烏頓說他們的建議是以世界著名的科學(xué)家所進行的最新的研究為依據(jù)的。

在一次在中央蘭卡思特大學(xué)的商業(yè)演講中，霍尼說：“幾十年來，我們一直認(rèn)為我們大腦的認(rèn)知能力是由基因決定的，現(xiàn)在我們清楚的知道這取決于生活格調(diào)的選擇。我們吃的喝的，我們在學(xué)校如何學(xué)習(xí)，我們有什么樣的情緒，這才是至關(guān)重要的。”這些話都在他的關(guān)于思考和學(xué)習(xí)的著作中提到。

“過去認(rèn)為人在17歲后大腦的認(rèn)知能力衰退是必然的，這似乎也在IQ測試中被證實，但通過選擇生活格調(diào)，人們不僅可以阻止大腦認(rèn)知能力的衰退，而且還可以通過我們的成年生活可繼續(xù)增強我們的認(rèn)知能力。我們長期的研究得出的建議可以幫助人們發(fā)展他們的認(rèn)知能力，否則就只能任其衰退。

他還指出在性愛過程中，從性愛調(diào)情到獲得高潮，大腦所產(chǎn)生的七種化學(xué)反應(yīng)中，有四種有利于人的思維，“承諾”可以在一定程度上增加“信任荷爾蒙”--腦后體荷爾蒙，增加閱讀小說和解決危機的能力。

同樣的，性愛后增加的復(fù)合氨水平可以幫助發(fā)展創(chuàng)造性思維，冷靜和作出決策。

作者極推黑巧克力中的過剩的有用元素，比如鎂，抗氧化劑黃酮醇，它可以將通過氧氣供應(yīng)的所有物質(zhì)提供給大腦以減少在中風(fēng)時大腦所受到的傷害。

越來越多的英國人花費越來越多的錢來購買圖書，DVD，網(wǎng)絡(luò)訂閱以及電腦游戲，這些產(chǎn)品都宣稱能夠能對大腦施壓來增強人腦的信息記憶力，改善他們在工作中的表現(xiàn)，并且消除癡呆癥的影響，這導(dǎo)致這類圖書，DVD等產(chǎn)品市場的迅速擴張，而這本書也正在此時出現(xiàn)。

任天堂的“大腦年齡”電子益智游戲已經(jīng)賣出一千萬份拷貝，它包含記憶，數(shù)字和智力測試。在美國，一些保險公司已經(jīng)開始向老年人客戶的電腦軟件程序提供這些鍛煉功能來鼓勵他們盡可能的保持頭腦健康。還有一些護理中心也設(shè)立了“大腦運動”來達(dá)到此目的。

霍尼認(rèn)為,因為從手工勞動到知識經(jīng)濟的轉(zhuǎn)變和迅速增加的超過65歲老年人數(shù)目，許多英國人需要在他們的生活方式中增加向喜悅方向轉(zhuǎn)變來增強他們的認(rèn)知能力。快樂，自信和樂觀的態(tài)度會幫助大腦，他補充說。

所以與那些可以讓你笑，擁有很好的幽默感，或者可以與你分享相同興趣的人交往，避免和那些易傷感的、愛抱怨的人交往，因為消極的人會讓你情緒低落，那意味著你什么都得不到，霍尼說。

這本書推薦說，無需去尋找完美的快樂，人們應(yīng)該尋找一個新的概念，作者稱之為BLISS，即基于身體的愉悅，笑，包括滿足和性愛，這些都可以讓你的大腦更好的思考。

大多數(shù)人只使用了全部腦細(xì)胞的三分之一到四分之一，但對在校大學(xué)生的調(diào)查表明，按照這本書的建議的人可以在認(rèn)知能力上得到一個較大幅提高，從而相比一個普通正常的人更容易得到好的工作。霍尼說。

這就是獲得敏銳思維的良方嗎？

期騙

孩子不應(yīng)該獨立完成作業(yè)，如果可以得到父母或同學(xué)的幫助，大腦會運轉(zhuǎn)的更好。

吃正確的食品

吃雞蛋，魚和冷肉作為早餐，保持蛋白質(zhì)食物作為午餐，比如只有魚和黑綠色蔬菜。

不要吃面包，意大利面和披薩，要喝茶，用純綠色產(chǎn)品和天然草藥，不要喝咖啡，要吃硬果，不要吃小點心或其它甜食，理想的話，晚上只吃糖酶，遠(yuǎn)離咖啡因，酒精和紅肉。

大聲講話

讓孩子在課上大聲的講話的舊式訓(xùn)練方式有利于大腦，因為這關(guān)系到重復(fù)，成年人可以通過盡可能快的數(shù)三的倍數(shù)到99來訓(xùn)練他們的記憶。