健康生活:如何越老活得越睿智_BEC初级作文

健康生活:如何越老活得越睿智

It stands to reason that the more information people have in their brains, the more they can detect familiar patterns. Elkhonon Goldberg, a neuroscientist in New York and author of "The Wisdom Paradox," says that "cognitive templates" develop in the older brain based on pattern recognition, and that these can form the basis for wise behavior and decisions.

按理说，人头脑中的信息越多，就越容易甄别出熟悉的模式。纽约的一名神经科学家、《智慧悖论》(The Wisdom Paradox)一书作者艾克纳恩·戈德堡(Elkhonon Goldberg)指出，在模式识别的基础上，老年人的头脑中可建立起“认知模板”，而这将为明智的行为和决策奠定基础。

According to Dr. Clayton, one must take time to gain insights and perspectives from one's cognitive knowledge to be wise (the reflective dimension). Then one can use those insights to understand and help others (the compassionate dimension).

克莱顿博士认为，要成为一名智者，一个人必须花费时间从认知性知识中提取出深层次的见解和观点（反思构面）。然后再使用它们来理解和帮助他人（悲悯构面）。

Working from Dr. Clayton's framework, Monika Ardelt, an associate sociology professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville, felt a need to expand on studies of old age because of research showing that satisfaction late in life consists of things like maintaining physical and mental health, volunteering and having positive relationships with others. But this isn't always possible if the body breaks down, if social roles are diminished and if people suffer major losses. "So these people cannot age successfully? They have to give up?" she recalled asking herself.