“It is not surprising that our mood (情绪) and the way we feel influences how we walk, but we want to see whether the way we move also influences how we feel,” explained Nikolaus Troje, the lead scientist, to The Independent.
Scientists believed that those who suffer from depression (抑郁) remember negative information far more easily than positive messages, especially when the information is about them.
In order to prove this, Troje and his team used cameras to observe 47 people walking on the treadmill (跑步机). Half of the people were encouraged to mimic (模仿) a sad walking style, while the other half moved like a happy person. Walking speed was kept the same for both groups.
During the
time, the scientists read out a list of positive and negative words, asking people to decide whether or not each word described them well. Afterwards, people were asked to recite as many of the words as they could remember.
As expected, those who had been mimicking a sad walk thought of more negative words than those that had been walking in a happy way.
This finding means that our walk influences the way we process information. And the scientists believe that using a happy walking style could help with treatment for depression.
27. Which of the following is closest in the meaning to the underlined word “negative” in the first paragraph?
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