该研究团队发现，在人处于群体中时，作为大脑犒赏系统中枢组成成分的纹状体与影响人们逻辑推理的内侧前额叶皮质会变得异常活跃。
The team found that the striatum, which forms part of the brain's reward centre, and the medial prefrontal cortex, which affects our reasoning, become more far active when we are amongst our peers.
而当一组男性观看肥胖男性的图片时，他们的内侧前额叶皮质并不活跃。
When a group of men looked at images of overweight men, there was no medial prefrontal cortex activity.
格拉德维尔论述了认知神经学家安东尼奥·达马西奥(AntonioDamasio)的著名案例，即腹内侧前额叶皮质(ventromedial prefrontal cortex)的损伤导致行为能力的丧失，但智力没有受到损害。
Gladwell discusses the famous cases of cognitive neuroscientist Antonio Damasio where damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex caused nonfunctional behavior without impairing intelligence.
吸烟者显示其左内侧皮质前额皮层（mOFC）变薄，这个区域通常与人们易于药物成瘾有关。
The smokers demonstrated cortical thinning in the left medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC), an area that is suggested also to be linked to a person's susceptibility to drug addition.
发表在自然神经科学杂志上的这项研究表明，内侧前额叶皮质部分被激活。
The study, published in Nature Neuroscience, showed that part of the medial prefrontal cortex was activated.
通过检查大鼠的大脑，研究人员发现内侧前额叶皮质中的一些神经元活动增加。
By examining the rats' brains, the researchers showed increased activity in some neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex.
在对参与研讨人员进行随机履行时，研讨人员发现，与单独告捷比拟，当这些人在击败一个敌手时，他们脑部的纹状体和内侧前额叶皮质就会显示地更为活跃。
Participants in the study were entered into lotteries and were found to display far higher brain activity in these regions when they beat a peer compared to when they simply won alone.
在对参与研讨人员进行随机履行时，研讨人员发现，与单独告捷比拟，当这些人在击败一个敌手时，他们脑部的纹状体和内侧前额叶皮质就会显示地更为活跃。
Participants in the study were entered into lotteries and were found to display far higher brain activity in these regions when they beat a peer compared to when they simply won alone.
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