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Those piano lessons you endured as a child, and those hours your parents made you practice, may benefit you in your later years.
當還是個孩子的時候，你忍受著鋼琴課的折磨，父母督促的練習很難熬，但這些也許在隨后的日子里會讓你受益。
Even if you haven’t played in decades.
即使多年之后你已經不曾勤奮的練習。
So finds a study in the Journal of Neuroscience.
這是發表在《神經生物學》雜志上的一項研究得出的結論。
As we age, our response to fast-changing sounds slows down—which affects how we understand speech—and the world around us.
隨著年齡的增長，我們捕捉快速變化的聲音的能力也逐漸下降—這能力影響我們對演講內容的理解—以及對我們周圍世界的理解。
But people who played instruments when they were young respond a bit quicker to such complex sounds.
然而年少時玩兒過樂器的人會對復雜的聲音做出更快的反應。
And the more years study subjects played instruments, the faster their brains responded to speech sound.
該研究調查的對象中接觸樂器時間越長的人，大腦對演講聲音的反應能力也較迅速一些。
The researchers say that early acoustic experience may train the central auditory system—and that the changes are retained throughout life.
研究人員們表示，早期聽覺方面的訓練也許能增強中樞聽覺系統的能力—并且這種訓練后得到的改善帶來的影響會持續一生。
Previous studies of musicians have revealed that years of musical training may offset cognitive decline.
之前對音樂人進行的研究已經揭示出多年的音樂能力訓練可抵消年齡增長帶來的認知能力的減弱作用。
This latest analysis shows that even if all you did was reluctantly pound a piano or blow a horn 40 years ago, you may still be reaping neurological benefits.
而最近這個研究分析則顯示即使你40年前的所作所為不過是在不情愿的敲擊鍵盤或者把管樂號當喇叭吹，你的神經系統仍然獲得了鍛煉和提升。
