走神实际上会锻炼你的工作记忆力。
This mind wandering, it seems, actually gives your working memory a workout.
如果工作记忆力越好，解决问题的能力也就越好。
If you have a better working memory we believe that your problem-solving abilities are better.
莱文森提到，最聪明的人，他们的工作记忆力可能也比较好。
It's likely that the most intelligent among us also have high levels of working memory, Levinson noted.
当一般人一次只能记住3到4件事时，另一些人却拥有惊人的工作记忆力。
While the average person may only be able to hold three or four things in mind at once, some people have achieved amazing feats of working memory.
工作记忆力较好的人，在手头上的工作需要时，可以更好地集中注意力。
People with overall higher working memory were better able to stay focused when the task at hand required it.
工作记忆力较差的人，在工作时，思想总会偏离工作，所以工作完成的不是很好。
Those who had low working memory often had their thoughts drift away from the task, and did less well at it.
研究人员还未弄明白是什么原因导致了人们工作记忆力的差异。也许是基因，或是不同成长的环境和教育程度使然。
Researchers don't know what causes these variations in working-memory abilities - perhaps they are genetic, perhaps they arise from differences in early childhood environments or education.
几轮心理测试过后发现，行走街道的志愿者在注意力和工作记忆力的测试当中，比分都远远低于漫步公园的志愿者。
After taking several psychological tests, the individuals who walked the city streets scored far lower on attention and working-memory tests compared to those volunteers who strolled in the park.
洗碗的时候发现自己又在做白日梦了？新的研究表明，如果你经常做白日梦，那么你的工作记忆力可能会很好。
Catch yourself daydreaming while washing the dishes again? If this happens often you probably have a pretty capable working memory, new research suggests.
北佛罗里达大学的研究人员对72名年龄在18-59岁之间的男女进行了研究，他们让这些调查对象记住若干写满倒序数字的数列，从而测定他们的工作记忆力。
The University of North Florida researchers put 72 men and women aged between 18 and 59 through a test of working memory, in which they had to remember lists of numbers in reverse order.
最后，参与者用自己对穿插着简单数学题的一连串字母的记忆力来测算自己的工作记忆容量。
At the end, participants measured their working memory capacity by their ability to remember a series of letters interspersed with simple maths questions.
最后，参与者用自己对穿插着简单数学题的一连串字母的记忆力来测算自己的工作记忆容量。
At the end, participants measured their working memory capacity by their ability to remember a series of letters interspersed with simple maths questions.
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