If expectations had been driving the improvements in cognition seen in studies after exercise, Mr Stothart said, then people should have expected walking to be more beneficial for thinking than stretching. They didn’t, implying that the changes in the brain and thinking after exercise are physiologically genuine.
The findings are strong enough to suggest that exercise really does change the brain and may, in the process, improve thinking, Mr Stothart said. That conclusion should encourage scientists to look even more closely into how, at a molecular level, exercise remodels the human brain, he said. It also should encourage the rest of us to move, since the benefits are, it seems, not imaginary, even if they are in our head.
【文章大意】本文主要谈论的是运动是否对大脑认知有益。研究结果表明四肢发达的人不见得头脑简单。
6. Which of the following about the placebo effect is TRUE according to the passage?
A. It occurs during exercise.
B. It has cognitive benefits.
C. It is just a mental reaction.
D. It is a physiological response.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。第一段第二句that is, if we think we will be“smarter”after exercise, do our brains respond accordingly? “那就是, 如果我们认为我们做完运动后会更聪明, 大脑会相应地做出反应吗? ”由此可知, 这种情况或许为积极的心理暗示带来的效应。It is just a mental reaction仅仅为一种心理反应。
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