纪录片《彻底隔离》 第31期 处理信息能力下降

So I say the colour of these, not the word? OK.

是说单词的颜色，而不是念单词吗？好的。

In the information processing test, all the subjects found it difficult to resist their first impulse¹,

在信息处理测试中，所有受试者都难以抑制直观思维的冲动，

to read the words written, rather than the colour of the ink in which they are printed.

倾向于直接读出字面单词，而非单词墨水的颜色。

Blue. Black! But Adam does significantly² worse.

蓝色。不，黑色！而亚当的表现明显比其他人糟糕许多。

Oh, it's so much harder.

天啊，这比之前难多了。

It took him 69% longer to complete the test and he made six times as many mistakes.

他多花了69%的时间才完成测试，错误率也为别人的六倍。

Red. Black! Gosh. This is painful!

红色。不，黑色！老天。太痛苦了！

You're nearly there.

快完成了。

Green, black. Black, red. That was just... really hard.

绿色，黑色。黑色，红色。这简直太难了。

Adam did particularly badly on the tests of information processing.

亚当在信息处理测试中的表现尤其不理想。

Now, this could be down simply to individual difference

这可以简单归结于个体差异，

but it could also be explained by the fact that Adam's particularly extrovert³.

但也可以解释为这是由于亚当性格特别外向所导致的。

Extroverts⁴ set up their lives in a way where they're constantly seeking and receiving lots of information.

性格外向者在生活中总是处于不断寻找和接受信息的状态中。

In the absence of the information that ability to process it was reduced.

当信息量减少时，处理信息的能力就会下降。

1 impulse   

n.（一时的）冲动，冲力，脉冲，神经冲动

参考例句：

• She wrote that letter on impulse.她一时冲动写了这封信。
• I don't know how to resist my impulse.我不知道怎样抑制自己的感情冲动。

2 significantly   

adv.意味深长地；值得注目地

参考例句：

• Prices did not alter significantly during 2004. 2004年期间，价格没有大的变化。
• American English is significantly different from British English. 美国英语与英国英语有很大差异。

3 extrovert   

n.性格外向的人

参考例句：

• A good salesman is usually an extrovert,who likes to mingle with people.一个好的推销员通常很外向，喜欢和人们交往。
• Do you think you're an extrovert or introvert?你认为你是个性外向的人还是个性内向的人？

4 extroverts   

性格外向的人( extrovert的名词复数 )； 活跃、愉快、爱交际的人

参考例句：

• In the second half, the students were criticized. Extroverts were unfazed. 在后半部分，举不动时学生要受批评，外向性格的学生表现出不满。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 大脑与疾病
• Extroverts prefer lively conversation to brooding on the meaning of life. 性格外向的人喜欢高谈阔论，而不愿思索人生的意义。