觉得你很擅长边走边聊天?那你可能大错特错了!_BEC初级作文

觉得你很擅长边走边聊天?那你可能大错特错了!

英国安吉利亚鲁斯金大学的科学家们开展了这项研究，并于PLOS One期刊发表。这项研究对一小群人（准确来说是21人）发起了挑战，挑战他们在玩手机的同时通过设有障碍物的短途路程。不，这不是斯巴达比赛式的火坑和铁丝网，只是一条18英尺长的走道，走道上有几英寸高的纤维板和升压箱。受试者分别在拿着手机聊天、看短信、发短信和没有手机的情况下勇往直前。每位受试者走这条路走了12次。

Of course, having the distraction of a phone slowed the subjects down. The researchers found that subjects also changed the way they walked while they used their phones. Steps were higher and strides were shorter, something the scientists called a "cautious stepping strategy." So not only does a phone slow things down all-around, it makes pedestrians look silly, too.

当然，被手机分散注意力的受试者速度有所减慢。研究员们发现：走路玩手机的那些人，他们的走路方式也发生了改变。脚抬得更高、但却迈的更短，科学家将其称之为"谨慎的走路策略。"所以，手机不仅减慢了他们的整个速度，还让他们看起来傻乎乎的。

The test subjects took twice as long to traverse the course while writing a message and 67% longer when reading one. Talking on the phone slowed them down, too, but not as much as composing a text. Surprisingly, nobody fell down during the study.