为了测试这一点,他们让800名讲德语的人对他们脑海中这位身型硕大的男子和铁轨上的五个人影像的清晰度打分。在那些用德语做实验的人的脑海中,这个男子的影像比用英语做实验的人更清晰。但对于铁轨上的其他五个人,两组人脑海中的清晰度并无差异。
Why should this be? The Chicago study argues that the images we form in our minds are based on the memories we have of people and objects. Because we have more experience of people in our native language, we find it easier to picture them.
为什么会出现这样的结果?芝加哥大学的研究认为,我们在脑海中形成的影像是基于我们对人和物体的记忆。因为我们用母语对人进行描述的经验更多,所以我们更容易在脑海中想象他们的样子。
To test this, they asked 359 native English speakers to imagine various scenarios and objects — a sunset, hands clapping, the feeling of sand, running up stairs, the taste of salt, the smell of paint, a sore throat — and to rate the intensity of the feeling.
为了测试这一点,他们让359位以英语为母语的人想象各种情景和物体——日落、鼓掌、触碰沙子的感觉、跑步上台阶、盐的味道、油漆的气味和咽喉疼痛——并给感觉的强度打分。
Half did the experiment in English, half in Spanish, their second language. Those who did it in English reported more vivid sunsets, handclaps, sand and step-running than those who answered in Spanish. There was little difference for sore throats and none for paint or salt.
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