细节改变生活-创造性思维(6)

细节改变生活

 

Creative Thinking

 

创造性思维

 

 

Volunteers who worked in rooms lit by a lamp with an incandescent¹ lightbulb instead of overhead fluorescents solved problems requiring novel thinking more successfully.

 

Scientists say the symbolism of the bulb (not justits light spectrum) led to the subjects' bright ideas,and cited "a growing body of research showing that perception of objects...can subtly influence our behavior."

 

1 incandescent   

adj.遇热发光的， 白炽的，感情强烈的

参考例句：

• The incandescent lamp we use in daily life was invented by Edison.我们日常生活中用的白炽灯，是爱迪生发明的。
• The incandescent quality of his words illuminated the courage of his countrymen.他炽热的语言点燃了他本国同胞的勇气。