In simple terms, stress hinders a part of the brain responsible for decision-making and reaction time and can adversely affect other mental abilities as well.

简单地说，压力阻碍了大脑中负责决策和反应时间的部分，也会对其他心智能力产生负面影响。

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Two years before, a nationwide study of college graduates had shown that more than a third had made no significant gains in such mental abilities during their school years.

两年前，一项针对全国大学毕业生的研究表明，在校期间，超过三分之一的人在这些心理能力方面并没有取得明显进步。

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Some people believe this has negative effects on children's mental abilities.

一些人认为这对孩子的智力有负面影响。

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The recently announced World Alzheimer Report places a shocking financial cost on care linked to dementia, or loss of mental abilities.

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The point, though, is that from the physicalist perspective, the best thing to say is, talk about a mind is a way of talking about these various mental abilities of the body.

从物理主义的角度出发,用最确切的语言加以表达,心灵是表述,肉体各种精神能力的方式

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That was the finding of a new study of cognitive impairment, or a loss in mental abilities.

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Our mental abilities have grown, simply enough, through a wider acquaintance with the world's possibilities.

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The researchers tested the volunteers' memory and other mental abilities every six months for about six years.

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Mr Dawkins advocates the idea that religion is a by-product of mental abilities that evolved for other purposes.

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