英语新闻听写 研究称可以通过训练大脑来控制情绪

According to researchers in Israel, people may be able to gain better control of their emotions by training their brains to calm down.

据以色列的研究人员称，人们可以通过训练大脑平静下来，以更好地控制他们的情绪。

Suggesting stress-related disorders¹ could be treated by training patients to alter their emotions,

压力相关的失调可以通过改变患者的情绪来治疗，

researchers at Tel Aviv University in a study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry² report that regulating activity in the amygdala can be taught to people using neurofeedback.

特拉维夫大学的研究人员在生物精神病学期刊发文，称通过神经反馈能调节杏仁核活性。

John Krystal, editor of Biological Psychiatry, said in a press release,

生物精神病学编辑约翰·克里斯托在新闻发布会上说，

We have long known that there might be ways to tune³ down the amygdala through biofeedback, meditation⁴, or even the effects of placebos⁵.

我们都知道，可以通过生物反馈、冥想、甚至是安慰剂的作用来调整杏仁核。

1 disorders   

n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 )；凌乱；骚乱；（身心、机能）失调

参考例句：

• Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 psychiatry   

n.精神病学，精神病疗法

参考例句：

• The study appeared in the Amercian science Journal of Psychiatry.这个研究发表在美国精神病学的杂志上。
• A physician is someone who specializes in psychiatry.精神病专家是专门从事精神病治疗的人。

3 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

4 meditation   

n.熟虑，（尤指宗教的）默想，沉思，（pl.）冥想录

参考例句：

• This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
• I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉，我打断了你的沉思。

5 placebos   

n.（给无实际治疗需要者的）安慰剂( placebo的名词复数 )；安慰物；宽心话；（试验药物用的）无效对照剂

参考例句：

• But, eventually, I think they were just kind of like placebos. 但是后来，我想它们只是安慰剂（安慰剂：没有任何药效的药） 来自电影对白
• But comparable numbers of those who received placebos also improved. 但是吃安慰剂的人的病情也改善了。 来自互联网