“Once the brain has a goal in mind, it tunes the perceptual system to search the environment” for relevant clues, said Steven Sloman, a cognitive scientist at Brown University.

一旦大脑有了一个目标，它会调整知觉系统向周围环境搜寻相关的线索。 Steven Sloman，这位布朗大学的认知科学家如是说。

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These rules of conversation also intersect with those of politeness more generally, as formulated by two American linguists, Penelope Brown and Steven Levinson, the pioneers of "politeness theory".

美国两位语言学家Penelope Brown和Steven Levinson是“礼貌理论”的两位先驱，正如他们所阐明的那样，在更多的时候，这些交谈准则和礼貌原则是相互交织在一起的。

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"Once the brain has a goal in mind, it tunes the perceptual system to search the environment" for relevant clues, said Steven Sloman, a cognitive scientist at Brown University.

一旦大脑有了一个目标，它会调整知觉系统向周围环境搜寻相关的线索。Steven Sloman，这位布朗大学的认知科学家如是说。

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Connolly's manager of some 24 years, Steven Brown, still struggles to comprehend his client's enduring appeal.

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The body of Steven Brown, 35, was discovered on ground near Elphinstone in Tranent on 21 February 1999.

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Steven Brown, from Verwood, died when the VW Golf he was driving crashed near Three Legged Cross in December 2011.

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