专家表示：爱情类似“毒品”使人“上瘾”

 　专家表示：爱情类似“毒品”使人“上瘾”

The brains of people shown images of their lovers react similarly to those of drug addicts¹, a US experiment found.

　　美国一项科学实验发现，人脑对爱人照片的反应和吸毒上瘾时的反应相似。

　　Researchers looked at magnetic resonance² images of the brains of 10 women and seven men who claimed to be deeply in love.

　　科研人员研究了10名女性和7名男性的大脑核磁共振影像。参与实验者都声称自己正在热恋中。

　　The length of their relationships ranged from one month to less than two years. Participants were shown photographs of their beloved, and photos of a similar-looking person.

　　被研究者的恋爱时间介于一个月至两年间。科研人员向他们出示了其爱人的照片和其他长相相似于其爱人的照片。

　　The brains of the smitten³ participants reacted to photos of their sweethearts, producing emotional responses in the same parts of the brain normally involved with motivation and reward.

　　参与实验者在看到爱人的照片时大脑所产生的情感反应与其获奖时所表现出的反应是在同一区域。

　　"Intense passionate⁴ love uses the same system in the brain that gets activated⁵ when a person is addicted⁶ to drugs," said study co-author Arthur Aron, a psychologist at the State University. In other words, you start to crave⁷ the person you're in love with like a drug, the researchers said.

　　州立大学心理学家亚瑟认为，“人脑在热恋时和在吸毒上瘾时用的是同一块区域。”换句话说，爱情能让人上瘾，这句话是有一定道理的。

1 addicts   

有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 )； 入迷的人

参考例句：

• a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
• There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

2 resonance   

n.洪亮；共鸣；共振

参考例句：

• Playing the piano sets up resonance in those glass ornaments.一弹钢琴那些玻璃饰物就会产生共振。
• The areas under the two resonance envelopes are unequal.两个共振峰下面的面积是不相等的。

3 smitten   

猛打，重击，打击( smite的过去分词 )

参考例句：

• From the moment they met, he was completely smitten by her. 从一见面的那一刻起，他就完全被她迷住了。
• It was easy to see why she was smitten with him. 她很容易看出为何她为他倾倒。

4 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

5 activated   

adj. 激活的 动词activate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The canister is filled with activated charcoal.蒸气回收罐中充满了活性炭。

6 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

7 crave   

vt.渴望得到，迫切需要，恳求，请求

参考例句：

• Many young children crave attention.许多小孩子渴望得到关心。
• You may be craving for some fresh air.你可能很想呼吸呼吸新鲜空气。