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我們能否從藝術(shù)作品中發(fā)現(xiàn)失智癥以及其它退化性疾病的跡象？研究人員詳盡分析了多名曾患神經(jīng)疾病的藝術(shù)家的作畫(huà)筆法。從一系列有趣的線索中可以看出，在藝術(shù)家們表現(xiàn)出明顯的癥狀之前，其腦部就已經(jīng)產(chǎn)生了變化?？茖W(xué)家對(duì)這些作品進(jìn)行了“分形分析”，這種數(shù)學(xué)方法探討的是在數(shù)學(xué)界和自然界中反復(fù)出現(xiàn)的固定模式。請(qǐng)聽(tīng) Dominic Hughes 的報(bào)道。
Researchers use a complex method called 'fractal analysis' as a way of looking at recurring patterns in both maths and in nature. They include the recurring patterns of our brainwaves and heartbeats as well as the brushstrokes of artists, which are as distinct as individual handwriting.
A psychologist, Alex Forsythe from the University of Liverpool, carried out a fractal analysis of more than two thousand works by seven famous artists. Among those who developed dementia or Parkinson's disease, such as Willem de Kooning and Salvador Dali, there was a significant change in the tiny patterns left by their brushstrokes decades before any obvious symptoms.
But for artists such as Picasso or Monet, who both died without developing any known neurological disorders, there was no alteration, regardless of style or subject matter.
詞匯表
fractal analysis 分形分析（數(shù)學(xué)研究術(shù)語(yǔ)）
recurring 反復(fù)出現(xiàn)的
brainwaves 腦電波
heartbeats 心跳
brushstrokes （作畫(huà)的）筆法
distinct 特征明顯的
carried out 執(zhí)行了（計(jì)劃、研究或行動(dòng)等）
developed 患（?。?br>neurological 神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)的
disorders （精神或身體機(jī)能失調(diào)造成的）疾病
alteration 變化過(guò)程
subject matter （藝術(shù)作品的）題材
測(cè)驗(yàn)
請(qǐng)聽(tīng)報(bào)道并回答下列問(wèn)題。
1. What's the name of the method that researchers use to look at recurring patterns in both maths and nature?
2. How many artists' works did the psychologist look at during his research?
3. True or false? There was a significant change in the patterns of Picasso's brushstrokes, according to the text.
4. Which word in the text means 'consisting of various interconnected parts'?
答案
1. What's the name of the method that researchers use to look at recurring patterns in both maths and nature?
Fractal analysis.
2. How many artists' works did the psychologist look at during his research?
The psychologist looked at more than two thousand works by seven famous artists during his research.
3. True or false? There was a significant change in the patterns of Picasso's brushstrokes, according to the text.
False. According to the text, there was no such alternation in the works by artists such as Picasso or Monet, regardless of style or subject matter.
4. Which word in the text means 'consisting of various interconnected parts'?
Complex.
