WilliamWordsworthwrotethat"thehumanmindiscapableofexcitementwithouttheapplicationofviolentstimulants(刺激)".Anditappearsthatsimplyreadingthosewordsproveshis(36)___.ResearchersattheUniversityofLiver
WilliamWordsworthwrotethat"thehumanmindiscapableofexcitementwithouttheapplicationofviolentstimulants(刺激)".Anditappearsthatsimplyreadingthosewordsproveshis(36)___.
ResearchersattheUniversityofLiverpoolfoundtheworksofShakespeareandWordsworthand(37)___hadabeneficialeffectonthemind.Itcan(38)___thereader'sattentionandtrigger(触发)momentsofself-reflection.
Usingscanners,they(39)___thebrainactivityofvolunteersastheyreadpiecesofclassicalEnglishliteraturebothintheir(40)___ formandinamoderntranslation.
And,accordingtotheSundayTelegraph,theexperimentshowedthemore(41)___ prose(散文)andpoetry(42)___ farmoreelectricalactivityinthebrainthantheeasierversions.
Theresearchalsofoundpoetry,(43)___ ,increasedactivityintherightpartofthebrain,anarea(44)___ with"autobiographical(自传式的)memory",whichhelpedthereaderto(45)___ ontheirownexperiences.Theresearcherssaidthismeantthe (46)___ weremoreusefulthanself-helpbooks.
Thebrain(47)___ of30volunteerswerewatchedinthefirstpartoftheresearchastheyreadShakespeareindifferent(48)___.
Inoneexample,volunteersreadalinefromKingLear,"Afatherandagraciousagedman:himhaveyoumadded",beforereadingthe(49)___ version:"Afatherandagraciousagedman:himyouhaveannoyed".Shakespeare'suseof"mad"asa(n)(50)___ causedahigherlevelofbrainactivitythanthestraightforwardprose.
Thenextstageoftheresearchwaslookingatthe(51)___ towhichpoetrycouldaffect(52)___ andprovidetherapeutic(治疗的)benefit.Volunteers'brainswerescannedwhilereadingfourlinesbyWordsworth,andfour"translated"lineswerealsoprovided.
Thefirstversioncausedmorebrainactivity,(53)___ notonlytheleftpartofthebrainconnectedwithlanguage,butalsotherightpartthatrelatestoautobiographicalmemoryandemotion.
"Poetryisnotjusta(54)___ ofstyle.Itisalsoaboutdeepversionsofexperiencethat (55)___ theemotionaltothecognitive(认知的),"saidProfDavis,whowillpresentthefindingsattheNorthofEnglandeducat