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這項有關失智癥的研究實驗是通過一款航海游戲開展的。研究結果表明，人類的方位感和導航能力會在一生中逐步減弱。研究人員記錄并分析了二百四十萬名下載該游戲的用戶的相關數(shù)據(jù)，在 2016 年的神經(jīng)科學會議上報告了他們的實驗結果。阿爾茨海默癥患者的初始癥狀之一就是失去方向感。請聽 James Gallagher 的報道。
Sea Hero Quest is a nautical adventure to reclaim an old sailor’s lost memories. A touch of a smartphone screen sails a boat round desert islands and icy oceans. The game anonymously records the player’s sense of direction and navigational ability. 2.4 million people have played it.
It allowed scientists to show for the first time that our sense of direction falls consistently after our teenage years. The results, presented at the Neuroscience 2016 conference, also showed men have a slightly better sense of direction than women and that Nordic nations with the best in the world.
One of the signs of Alzheimer’s disease is becoming completely disorientated. Researchers hope that understanding the normal decline in navigational ability could eventually help test for the disease.
詞匯表
nautical 航海的
reclaim 找回，追回
desert islands 荒島
anonymously 匿名地
sense of direction 方向感，方位感
navigational 導航的，引航的
consistently 持續(xù)地，一直地
disorientated 迷失方向的
test 檢測，檢驗
測驗
請聽報道并回答下列問題。
1. How many people have played the game mentioned in the text?
2. What were scientists able to show with the help of the game?
3. True or false? People from Nordic countries have the best sense of direction in the world, according to the findings.
4. Which word in the text means 'the gradual loss in amount, value and strength'?
答案
1. How many people have played the game mentioned in the text?
2.4 million people have played the game.
2. What were scientists able to show with the help of the game?
With the help of the game, scientists were able to show for the first time that our sense of direction falls consistently after our teenage years.
3. True or false? People from Nordic countries have the best sense of direction in the world, according to the findings.
True. The results showed that Nordic nations have the best sense of direction in the world.
4. Which word in the text means 'the gradual loss in amount, value and strength'?
Decline.
