更新2014年10月填词补文翻译

Mental Activities Help Save Memory

Doing mental activities is helpful. Reading books and writing at any age may save memory, a new study finds.

The study was conducted by some American neurologists (神经病学家). It involved 294 people. They were given tests on memory and thinking. They had the tests once a year for six years. They were also asked to talk about their mental activities during childhood, in their youth, during middle age and at their current age.

Some of those people did mental activities both early and late in life. They had a slower rate of decline in memory than the others. The others seldom did such activities. Their rate of decline in memory was 48% faster.

“Mental activities like reading and writing are great. They really bring benefits. We shouldn’t neglect their effects on our children, ourselves and our parents,” said Robert Wilson, lead author of the study.

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心理活动有助于保存记忆  
进行心理活动是有帮助的。研究发现，无论在任何年龄段，读书和写作都可能有助于保存记忆。

这项研究由一些美国神经病学家进行，涉及294人。他们接受了记忆力和思维能力测试，这些测试每年进行一次，持续六年。他们还被要求讲述自己在童年、青年期、中年及目前年龄段的心理活动情况。

其中一些人不仅在早年，而且在晚年也进行了心理活动。他们的记忆力衰退速度比其他人慢。那些很少进行这种活动的人，他们的记忆力衰退速度要快48%。

“阅读和写作等心理活动非常棒。它们确实带来了好处。我们不应该忽视它们对我们的孩子、我们自己以及我们父母的影响。”研究的主要作者罗伯特·威尔逊说道。