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The Forum's research
spanned
300 of the world's biggest companies,
who between them employ eight million people around the world.
该论坛的研究涵盖了全球最大的300家公司，这些公司在全球雇佣了800万名员工。
who between them... 的用法暂不明
1.span 包括(广大地区)；涵盖(多项内容)，to include a large area or a lot of things
流量为王的时代，无论是视频、图像还是文字，各种形式的媒体都在争夺人们稀缺的注意力。网民可能因受到多媒体信息的轮番轰炸而损伤身体。
The bulky, modern human brain evolved hundreds of thousands of years ago and, for the most part, has remained largely unchanged. That is, it is innately
tuned to
analog information—to focus on the hunt at hand or perhaps the
forage for
wild plants.
庞大的现代人类大脑在几十万年前就已经进化了，而且大多数情况下，基本没有发生改变。也就是说，大脑天生就会调整模拟信息——是专心进行手头上的狩猎，还是搜寻野菜。
Yet we now
pummel
our ancient thinking organ with a daily
deluge
of digital information that many scientists believe may have enduring and worrisome effects.
然而，我们现在每天都在用数字信息的洪流冲击着我们古老的思维器官，许多科学家认为这些信息可能会产生持久且令人担忧的影响。
A new study published today in Nature supports the concern. The research suggests that “media multitasking”—or engaging with multiple forms of digital or
screen
-based media simultaneously, whether they are television, texting or Instagram—may impair attention in young adults, worsening their ability to later recall specific situations or experiences.
今天发表在《自然》杂志上的一项新研究证明这一担心不是空穴来风。研究表明，“媒体多任务处理”——或同时使用多种形式的数字或屏幕媒体，无论是电视、短信还是Instagram——都可能会损害年轻人的注意力，恶化他们以后回忆特定情况或经历的能力。
Higher reported media multitasking correlated with a tendency toward attentional
lapses
and decreased
pupil
diameter, a known marker of reduced attention.
And attention gaps just prior to remembering were linked with forgetting the earlier images and reduced brain-signal patterns known to be associated with episodic memory—the recall of particular events.
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而发生在记忆之前的走神与遗忘早期图像和大脑信号模式减少相关，这些信号模式与情景记忆——回忆特定事件有关。
Previous work had shown a connection between media multitasking and poorer episodic memory. The new findings offer clues as to why this might be the case. “Individuals who are heavier media multitaskers may also show worse memory because they have lower sustained attention ability,” says the paper’s lead author Kevin Madore, a postdoctoral fellow in the department of psychology at Stanford University.
之前的研究显示了媒体多任务处理与较差的情节记忆之间存在联系。新的研究发现为出现这种情况的原因提供了线索。该论文的第一作者、斯坦福大学心理学系博士后凯文·马多雷说:“那些重度媒体一心多用者也可能表现出较差的记忆力，因为他们的持续注意力较低。”
本文节选自：Scientific American News（科学美国人）
发布时间：2020.10.29
作者：Bret Stetka
原文标题：Media Multitasking Disrupts Memory, Even in Young Adults
