Art and the animal kingdom
艺术和动物王国
Of mice and Manet
老鼠和马奈
On the murine appreciation of paintings
关于老鼠对绘画的欣赏
THE humble mouse is a doughty workhorse of science.
地位卑微的老鼠是科学界勇敢的劳模。
Every day, in laboratories around the world, the little critters are subjected to all manner ofcarefully controlled insults, from electric shocks to the induction of cancer, all in the name ofresearch.
在世界各地的实验室里,这些小生命每一天都受到各种各样、精确检验的攻击,从电击到癌症诱导,全部以研究的名义进行。
But the mice in the lab of Shigeru Watanabe, a psychologist at Keio University in Japan,have a more enjoyable life than most.
但是日本庆应义塾大学心理学家Shigeru Watanabe实验室里的老鼠们,要比它们的大多数同类过的日子更加愉快。
For Dr Watanabe is interested not in their bodies but in their minds.
因为Watanabe博士感兴趣的不是它们的身体而是大脑。
Specifically, he is exploring their taste in fine art.
具体来说,他在探索老鼠对美术作品的鉴赏。
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