A team of US psychologists have found that talking to another person for ten minutes a day helps with memory.
"Socializing is just as effective as more traditional kinds of mental exercise in boosting memory and intellectual performance," Oscar Ybarra, a psychologist at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, said in a statement.
In one investigation, they analyzed data on 3610 people, aged 24 to 96.
They found that the higher their level of social interaction (交流), the better their cognitive (認知的) functioning.  Social interaction includes getting together or having phone chats with relatives, freinds and neighbors.
In another experiment, the researchers conducted lab tests on 76 college students, aged 18 to 21, to evaluate how social interactions and intellectual exercises affected the results of memory and mental performance tests.
The students were divided into three groups: the social interaction group had a discussion of a social issue for 10 minutes before taking the tests; the intellectual activities group completed three tasks (including a reading comprehension exercise and a crossword puzzle) before the tests; and a control group (對照組) watched a 10-minute clip (電源片段) of the Seinfeld television show.
"We found that short-term social interaction lasting for just 10 minutes improved participants’ intellectual performance as much as engaging in so-called ’intellectual’ activities for the same amount of time," Ybarra said.
The study was expected to be published in the February issue of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
小題1:The underlined word "boosting" in the second paragraph can be replaced by ______.
A．improvingB．decreasingC．preventingD．training
小題2:Which is not included in social interaction?
A．Having a talk with a neighbor.B．Attending a birthday party.
C．Watching TV at home alone.D．Calling your classmates
小題3:What’s the purpose of the experiment on 76 college students?
A．To judge the effect of social interaction on memory and intelligence.
B．To find out what is real social interaction.
C．To learn how much time is needed for social interaction.
D．To show the function of people’s cognition.
小題4:Which of the following questions may be asked in the social interaction group in the experiment?
A．What does the author want to show us?
B．Do you like living in a big city or a small one?
C．Which word can be used to fill in the blank?
D．What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
小題5:What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．Intellectual exercises improve memory.
B．Different people have different ways of communication
C．Communicating with others keeps you healthy.
D．Social interaction makes you smart
小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:D
小題1:A有第一段talking to another person for ten minutes a day helps with memory.可推斷出。
小題2:C有第四段第二句話Social interaction includes getting together or having phone chats with relatives, freinds and neighbors.可知
小題3:A由第五段第二行可知to evaluate how social interactions and intellectual exercises affected the results of memory and mental performance tests.
小題4:B根據(jù)第六段the social interaction group had a discussion of a social issue for 10 minutes before taking the tests，可知至于B選項問題屬于social issue。
小題5:D根據(jù)第一段和第二段第一句話Socializing is just as effective as more traditional kinds of mental exercise in boosting memory and intellectual performance,"可知。
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