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 Struggling with that last minute exam prep? Paint your walls yellow and red.

还在为迎战考试而作最后奋斗吗？把墙刷成黄色和红色吧。

Brightly coloured rooms can boost your concentration levels, scientists have discovered.

科学家发现，色彩鲜艳的房间能提升你的注意力集中水平。

Students say they prefer to study in environments with pale colours which they feel are most relaxing, but researchers have found the opposite works better.

学生们说他们更喜欢在浅色环境里学习，这让他们感到最为放松。但研究者发现，相反条件下的学习效果更好。

Levels of focus in students are higher when they are surrounded by vivid colours, a study from Curtin University, Australia found.

澳大利亚科廷大学的一项研究发现，当学生处在色彩鲜艳的环境中时，注意力更集中。

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Student participants were asked to read a passage and answer multiple-choice questions adopted from a university entrance test in rooms with six different colour schemes.

参与研究的学生被安排在六种不同色彩的房间里阅读一段文章并回答多项选择题，题目选自大学入学考试。

The rooms were pale and vivid shades of blue, red and yellow.

房间的颜色分别是浅淡的蓝、红、黄和鲜艳的蓝、红、黄。

Their reading comprehension scores were significantly higher in the vivid red and yellow rooms.

在鲜艳的红色和黄色房间里，他们的阅读理解分数明显更高。

Lead author Aseel Al-Ayash said: 'Bright colours can support students' learning performance by positively¹ affecting psychological and physiological² states.

该研究的第一作者阿西尔?阿娅施表示：“鲜亮的色彩能对人的心理和生理产生积极影响，从而有助于学生的学习表现。”

'If the reading tasks are difficult, the vivid colour conditions may increase arousal to optimal³ levels.'

“如果阅读任务很困难，鲜艳的色彩可能将兴奋度提升到最佳水平。”

Several past studies have indicated the colours red and yellow are more stimulating⁴ than blue and green.

过去的一些研究已经表明，比起蓝色和绿色，红色和黄色更具有刺激作用。

For example, student pulse rates increased in red and yellow conditions, but decreased in blue.

比如，在红色和黄色环境下，学生的心跳速度会加快，但在蓝色环境下会降低。

This is consistent with the Yerkes-Dodson Law, which proposes that arousal improves performance up to an optimal level, with additional arousal causing a drop off in performance.

这符合耶克斯-多德森定律——适度兴奋可以提升工作效率至最佳水平，过度兴奋则会导致效率降低。

Ironically, two-thirds of participants believed vivid red wasn't a suitable colour for a study room, associating the colour with depression, discomfort⁵, annoyance⁶ and elements such as danger.

而讽刺的是，三分之二的参与者认为，学习的房间不适合采用鲜艳的红色。他们将红色与沮丧、不适、恼怒和危险联系起来。

But given their improved learning outcomes, perhaps a bit of discomfort, aside from last minute cramming⁷, is what they need.

但考虑到学习效果的提高，或许除了最后关头的恶补，些许不适感正是他们所需要的。

It seems red and yellow may be the future of study areas, with Curtin and other Western Australia universities expressing a keenness for the work.

鉴于科廷大学和其他西澳洲大学对此研究的热情，红色和黄色或许会成为未来学习室的主色调。

1 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

2 physiological   

adj.生理学的，生理学上的

参考例句：

• He bought a physiological book.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
• Every individual has a physiological requirement for each nutrient.每个人对每种营养成分都有一种生理上的需要。

3 optimal   

adj.最适宜的；最理想的；最令人满意的

参考例句：

• What is the optimal mix of private and public property rights in natural resources?私人和国家的自然资源产权的最适宜的组合是什么？
• Optimal path planning is a key link for the sailing contest.帆船最优行驶路径规划是帆船比赛取胜的关键环节。

4 stimulating   

adj.有启发性的，能激发人思考的

参考例句：

• shower gel containing plant extracts that have a stimulating effect on the skin 含有对皮肤有益的植物精华的沐浴凝胶
• This is a drug for stimulating nerves. 这是一种兴奋剂。

5 discomfort   

n.不舒服，不安，难过，困难，不方便

参考例句：

• One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling.旅行中总要忍受一点不便。
• She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke.老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。

6 annoyance   

n.恼怒，生气，烦恼

参考例句：

• Why do you always take your annoyance out on me?为什么你不高兴时总是对我出气？
• I felt annoyance at being teased.我恼恨别人取笑我。

7 cramming   

n.塞满，填鸭式的用功v.塞入( cram的现在分词 )；填塞；塞满；（为考试而）死记硬背功课

参考例句：

• Being hungry for the whole morning, I couldn't help cramming myself. 我饿了一上午，禁不住狼吞虎咽了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She's cramming for her history exam. 她考历史之前临时抱佛脚。 来自《简明英汉词典》