While distractions，such as music，are known to reduce pain in hospital patients，Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part.

　　The findings，reported in New Scientist，also go a long way to show that beautiful surroundings could aid the healing process.

　　“Hospitals have been designed to be functional，but we think that their artistic aspects should be taken into account，too，” said the neurologist. “Beauty obviously offers a distraction that ugly paintings do not. But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse. I think these results show that more research is needed into the field how a beautiful environment can alleviate suffering. ”

　　Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticelli's Birth of Venus. Pictures they found ugly included works by Pablo Picasso，the Italian 20th century artist Anonio Bueno and Columbian Fernando Botero. “These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world，” said Prof de Tommaso.

　　【解题导语】 意大利巴里大学日前开展的一项研究表明，舒适愉悦的环境有助于减轻病人的痛苦。这一发现有力地驳斥了认为医院不应该把钱浪费在艺术品装饰上的说法。研究人员相信新的研究会对患者起到新的治疗作用。

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