評論
打印
You're gonna be shown a word on the left...
你會看到左邊有一個詞
what we do here in the Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab at Berkeley
在伯克利分校的睡眠與神經成像實驗室
is we try to understand the role of sleep and memory processing
我們嘗試著理解睡眠的作用以及記憶的過程
This study is trying to understand why it is that sleep is worse in older people
這項研究的目的在于 理解為什么老年人的睡眠質量變差
and whether or not memory problems are one of the consequences of that
以及記憶力障礙 是否是睡眠質量下降的一個后果
We found in the study was that sleep is an important contributor
我們在研究中發(fā)現 睡眠在對于老年人的記憶力下降方面
to memory decline in later life
產生了非常大的影響
In other words if you have bad sleep
換句話說 如果你的睡眠不好
your memory is a lot worse
那么你的記憶力也不好
What it highlights is that there is a potential that if we can improve sleep
這就是說 有可能通過改善睡眠質量
we can actually improve memory
來改善記憶
We have them study word pairs
我們要求研究對象學習詞組
Specifically a word paired with a nonsense word
具體來說 就是一個詞搭配一個沒有意義的詞
We want them to have a memory test
我們對他們進行記憶力測試
to really tag part of the brain called "hippocampus"
以研究大腦海馬狀突起的活動
A really hard memory test
這是一個較難的記憶力測試
that will make it more challenging for older adults
對老年人來說挑戰(zhàn)不小
They first see them and then study them and then we test them on the after sleep
他們先看這些詞 然后學習它們 然后我們在他們睡了一覺之后對他們進行測試
to see how much of those memories they retained
看他們還記得多少詞
We put electros on their head
我們在他們的頭上安裝電極片
so that we can monitor their sleep using something called EEG Electroencephalography
對他們的睡眠進行監(jiān)測 我們使用EEG 也就是腦電圖
