2015考研英语阅读纽约人的精神状态_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读纽约人的精神状态

　　In the cases of those brought up in the countryside, regardless of where they now live, thecorrelations were as expected. For those brought up in cities, however, these correlations brokedown. The regulatory mechanism of the native urbanite, in other words, seems to be out ofkilter. Further evidence, then, for Shelleys point of view. Moreover, it is also known that thepACC-amygdala link is often out of kilter in schizophrenia, and that schizophrenia is morecommon among city dwellers than country folk. Dr Meyer-Lindenberg is careful not to claim thathis results show the cause of this connection. But they might.

　　在乡村长大的人，不管他们现在住在那，这种相互关系都是不出所料的。然而对于在城市长大的人来说，这种相互关系已经不存在了。换句话说，土生土长的城市人的调控机制似乎脱离了平衡。这是证明雪莱观点的更近一步的证据。而且，众所周知，在精神分裂症病人中，扣带皮层-杏仁核的联系是脱离平衡的，和乡村居民相比，精神分裂症在城市居民中更普遍。迈耶-林登贝格博士很慎重，没有声称他的研究结果表明了这种关联是因果关系。但是，他们也许是因果关系。

　　Dr Meyer-Lindenberg and his team conducted severalsubsequent experiments to check their findings.They asked participants to complete more mathstestsand also tests in which they mentally rotatedan objectwhile investigators chided them abouttheir performance. The results matched those ofthe first test. They also studied another group ofvolunteers, who were given stress-free tasks tocomplete. These experiments showed no activity ineither the amygdalas or the pACC, suggesting thatthe earlier results were indeed the result of socialstress rather than mental exertion.