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If
crosswords
are
too
easy
and
Sudoku
a
touch
boring
,
why
not
go
and
climb
a
tree
?
如果你觉得填字游戏太过简单，数独（一种运用纸、笔进行演算的逻辑游戏）又难的有点单调，为什么不去爬爬树呢？
A
study
found
that
childish
pastimes
such
as
climbing
trees
,
running
barefoot
and
crawling
dramatically
boost
memory
.
一项研究证明，爬树、赤脚跑、爬行等儿时的娱乐活动能够有效的提高记忆力。
Working
memory
-
the
type
of
memory
we
use
every
day
to
remember
phone
numbers
,
follow
directions
and
use
a
shopping
list
-
improved
by
50
per
cent
.
这些儿童游戏能让我们的工作记忆——即我们每天用以记住电话号码，认清方位，写出购物清单的记忆能力——提升了50%之多。
The
University
of
North
Florida
researchers
put
72
men
and
women
aged
between
18
and
59
through
a
test
of
working
memory
,
in
which
they
had
to
remember
lists
of
numbers
in
reverse
order
.
北佛罗里达大学的研究人员对72名年龄在18-59岁之间的男女进行了研究，他们让这些调查对象记住若干写满倒序数字的数列，从而测定他们的工作记忆力。
Some
then
spent
two
hours
doing
a
range
of
obstacle
course
-
like
activities
.
之后，一些调查对象参加了2小时类似障碍跑之类的体育活动。
These
included
climbing
trees
,
running
barefoot
and
crawling
along
a
narrow
beam
.
这些活动包括爬树，赤脚跑步和沿着一根狭窄的木道爬行。
Others
listened
to
a
lecture
or
did
a
yoga
class
,
before
working
memory
was
tested
again
.
另一些调查对象则去听了一场演讲或参加了一节瑜伽课，然后研究人员再次测量了他们的工作记忆。
Only
those
who
had
done
the
obstacle
course
did
better
.
只有那些进行了障碍赛跑活动的调查对象在第二次测试中成绩有所提高。
Climbing
a
tree
and
balancing
on
a
beam
hone
‘
proprioceptive
’
skills
–
the
brain
’
s
ability
to
sense
where
the
legs
,
arms
,
hands
and
feet
are
in
space
without
looking
.
爬树和走横木等活动能够锻炼人的“本体感受力”——通过这种能力，我们不用看到自己的四肢和手脚，就能感受到这些身体组织的存在。
