如果鲸目动物不能接受这些测试，那么它们就遇到了更高认知力的实验室指标：自身识别。
But if cetaceans can't take these tests, they have met one critical laboratory benchmark of higher cognition: self-recognition.
卡娜·里克说到。她引用了1995年美国医学协会杂志发表过的关于糖对孩子的认知力的影响权威分析。
She cites an authoritative analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Assn in 1995 that examined the effect of sugar on the behavior or cognition of children.
许多专家认为，这种人数的上升反映了对孤僻症认知力的上升以及对孤僻症的广泛认同，并非人数的真实上升。
Many experts believe that rise reflects better awareness and a broadening of the definition of autism rather than a true increase in affected children.
认知科学家现在正试图解码人类的想象力，以了解大脑是如何构思、想象以及创造的。
Cognitive scientists are now trying to decode the human imagination, to understand how the brain visualizes, dreams and creates.
继14世纪文艺复兴时期佛罗伦萨创造力大爆发之后，现代世界见证了其对已有认知的背离。
Following the explosion of creativity in Florence during the 14th century known as the Renaissance, the modern world saw a departure from what it had once known.
新研究发现，那些可能无法将自己的内心独白深埋于心的人实际上更有可能坚持完成任务，注意力更集中，并表现出较高的认知能力。
New research says that those who can't seem to keep their inner monologues in are actually more likely to stay on task, remain focused better and show improved perception capabilities.
绿色空间对大脑也有好处：环境心理学家的研究表明，绿色空间对注意力缺陷障碍儿童的认知有益。
Green space is good for the mind too: research by environmental psychologists has shown that it has cognitive benefits for children with attention-deficit disorder.
今天我们要讨论的是一些动物似乎具有的一种特殊认知力——在镜子里认出自己的能力。
Today we are going to talk about a particular cognitive ability some animals seem to have—the ability to recognize themselves in a mirror.
在理解认知能力的时候，我们不能把辨别力拔高为一门科学；而是让人们只能在细胞暗示的能力范围内攀登生命的阶梯。
In understanding cognitive ability, we must not elevate discrimination to a science; allowing people to climb the ladder of life only as far as their cells might suggest.
练习一段音乐4个小时需要集中注意力，但它远不及一个在外过夜的14岁女孩对认知的要求。
Practicing a piece of music for four hours requires focused attention, but it is nowhere near as cognitively demanding as a sleepover with 14-year-old girls.
在大脑不同区域之间有着更多交流的对象，往往在认知力测试中表现得更好。
Subjects with more communication between brain regions tended to do better in the cognitive tests.
实际上，科尔文等学者已经发现了一些线索，从中能推断出雌激素可能在肥胖女性的认知力中起到作用。
In fact, Kerwin's team is already seeing some hints that estrogen may play a role in cognition in obese women.
他们被进行了记忆力，认知能力测试和大脑扫描，来确定他们疾病的严重程度。
They were given memory and cognitive skill tests and a brain scan to gauge the extent of their disease.
尤其是对电视的注意大都由迅速的凝视组成，这也证实了电视的注意力是自发的、极少涉及认知或注意力的论点。
Television attention is especially composed of very quick gazes overall, supporting the contention that much of television viewing is automatic and involves little cognitive effort or attention.
但是平均五年之后，那些积极参与社交活动的老人则降低了认知力减退的比率。
Over an average of five years, however, those who were more socially active showed reduced rates of cognitive decline.
詹姆斯说，以增加晚年社交活动为目的的干预措施是否会在延缓或阻止认知力下降中起到作用仍需未来进一步的研究。
Future research is needed to determine whether interventions aimed at increasing late-life social activity can play a part in delaying or preventing cognitive decline, James said.
身体锻炼还能促进神经元的再生，这可以帮助人们提高大脑的认知能力，增强记忆力，减少神经性疾病的发生。
Physical exercise, through the revitalization of neurons, helps to the increase of cognitive and brain functions, boosts memory and reduces the chances for neuro-degenerative diseases.
能够运用更高层次的认知功能——自制力来抵制各种诱惑是人类最为有用的技能之一，没有这种能力进步文明便不会存在。
One of humanity's most useful skills, without which advanced civilisations would not exist, is being able to engage our higher cognitive functions, our self-control, to resist these temptations.
在现代认知科学的观点看来，缺乏判断力的个体是不可能合理的。
But in the view of modern cognitive science, someone who lacks judgment cannot be rational.
实际上，研究发现即使人们只是被剥夺了一小部分睡眠，也会对我们的身体、心情、认知能力和生产力造成很大的影响。
In reality, the research suggests that even small amounts of sleep deprivation take a significant toll on our health, our mood, our cognitive capacity and our productivity.
但他们也是凡人，因而也会让各种认知偏见模糊了他们的判断力。
But they are also human, and thus subject to all sorts of cognitive biases which can muddy their judgment.
发怒会让我们的自我认知力扭曲，并破坏我们与周围那些对自己重要的人之间的关系，不管是工作圈内的还是圈外的。
MG: Anger can distort our self-perceptions and do harm to the relationships with people important to us, both inside and outside of work.
在所有咖啡因对我们大脑的影响中——加强注意力、警觉和认知——也许最不为人们所知的是它使我们更易被说服的倾向。
Of all the effects it has on our minds—enhanced attention, vigilance andcognition—perhaps least known is its tendency to make us more susceptible topersuasion.
学校想知道是不是认知训练可以提高儿童学习的能力、控制注意力改善品行问题。
Schools want to know whether cognitive training can enhance children's learning ability while controlling attention and behavioral problems.
而且，通过频繁的大脑训练是可以掌握两种语言的，而这种训练还可以减缓随着年龄的增长而减少的认知力。
Also, the fact of having to control two languages with frequency trains the brain and this training may slow down the loss of certain cognitive features that appear with ageing.
除此之外，还有的研究透过表象致力于发现本质上偏向情感或认知的信息哪个更有说服力。
Studies have looked beyond the mere surface of persuasive messages at whether truly affective or cognitive messages are more persuasive.
如今知识分子和那些富翁们历史认知的提升在解放着另一种极具文化破坏力的购买力。
Meanwhile the growing historical awareness among intellectuals and the wealthy has unleashed a different set of destructive capitalist forces.
如今知识分子和那些富翁们历史认知的提升在解放着另一种极具文化破坏力的购买力。
Meanwhile the growing historical awareness among intellectuals and the wealthy has unleashed a different set of destructive capitalist forces.
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