Study: Exercising to music pumps up brain power
研究表明：听音乐锻炼可提升脑力

☆ pump up 提高

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Thursday, March 25, 2004 Posted: 1428 GMT (2228 HKT)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- If music makes you smarter, and exercise helps brain function, can exercising to music really boost brainpower? Some researchers said it can.
华盛顿----如果音乐可使你聪明，锻炼能提升大脑功能，那么音乐加锻炼是否能促进脑力呢？一些研究者认为答案是肯定的。

☆ boost 推进，促进
 
Volunteers who listened to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" while working out on a treadmill did much better on a test of verbal ability than when they exercised without music, a team at Ohio State University found.
俄亥俄州立大学一研究小组发现，让志愿者在跑步机上锻炼后测试语言能力，结果显示：锻炼同时收听Vivaldi's "Four Seasons"节目效果优于不听音乐。

☆ treadmill 跑步机
    
"Evidence suggests that exercise improves the cognitive performance of people with coronary artery disease," said psychologist Charles Emery, who led the study.
主持此项研究的心理学家Charles Emery说：“有证据表明，锻炼可以促进患有冠状动脉疾病患者的认知能力。”

☆ cognitive 认知
     coronary artery 冠状动脉

"And listening to music is thought to enhance brainpower. We wanted to put the two results together," Emery added in a statement.
Emery还声称，“公认听音乐可以增强脑力。我们想将这两个方面(听音乐和锻炼)结合起来。”

Writing in the latest issue of the journal Heart & Lung, Emery and colleagues said they studied 33 men and women taking part in a cardiac rehabilitation program after having bypass surgery, angioplasty or other procedures to treat clogged arteries.
Emery及其同事发表在最近一期Heart & Lung杂志上的文章称，他们开展了一个有33位男女患者参加的心脏康复计划，这些患者多处于搭桥术、血管成形术或其他治疗动脉栓塞的外科术后。

☆ cardiac 心脏的
     rehabilitation 康复
     bypass surgery 搭桥术
     angioplasty 血管成形术
     clog 障碍

The volunteers said they felt better emotionally and mentally after working out with or without the music. But their improvement on the verbal fluency test doubled after listening to music on the treadmills.

"Exercise seems to cause positive changes in the nervous system, and these changes may have a direct effect on cognitive ability," Emery said.

"Listening to music may influence cognitive function through different pathways in the brain. The combination of music and exercise may stimulate and increase cognitive arousal while helping to organize cognitive output."

Emery said he now wanted to test people using music of their own choice.

"We used 'The Four Seasons' because of its moderate tempo and positive effects on medical patients in previous research," Emery said. "But given the range of music preferences among patients, it's especially important to evaluate the influence of other types of music on cognitive outcomes."