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Words Prompt Us to Notice What Our Subconscious Sees
語言能幫助我們注意到潛意識里所看到的東西
Hearing the name of an object appears to influence whether or not we see it，suggesting that hearing and vision might be even more intertwined than previously thought.
聽到某一物體的名字似乎會對我們是否會看到這一物體有所影響，這表明聽力和視力比我們想象中的要更加緊密的聯(lián)系在一起。
Studies suggest that words and images are tightly coupled.
研究顯示，話語和圖像是緊密耦合的。
What is not clear，says Gary Lupyan of the University of Wisconsin in Madison，
麥迪遜市威斯康星大學的加里·魯普元說，
whether language and vision world together to help you interpret what you're seeing，or whether words can actually change what you see.
現(xiàn)在還不清楚語言和視覺是否共同來幫助你解釋你所看到的，或者你所說的話是否能在實際上改變你所看到的東西。
Lupyan and Emily Ward of Yale University used a technique called continuous flash suppression(CFS) on 20 volunteers to test
魯普元和耶魯大學的艾米麗使用一種被稱為連續(xù)閃現(xiàn)抑制技術(CFS)對20名志愿者進行了測試，
is whether a spoken prompt could make them detect an image that they were not consciously aware they were seeing.
該測試主要是研究口頭提示是否能 幫助人們察覺到自己無意識看到的東西。
CFS works by displaying different images to the right and left eyes:one eye might be shown a simple shape or an animal，while the other is shown visual "noise".
CFS測試是通過對右眼和左眼展示不同的圖像來實現(xiàn)的。例如，一只眼睛可能會展示一個簡單的形狀或動物，而另一只展示視覺噪聲。
The noise monopolizes the brain，leaving so little processing power for the other image，making it invisible.
這種噪聲會獨占大腦，而為另一張圖像留下少量的處理能力，使其不可見。
In a similar experiment，the team found that volunteers were more likely to detect specific shapes if asked about them.
在類似的試驗中，研究小組發(fā)現(xiàn)，如果志愿者被問及某一特定的形狀，志愿者會更有可能觀察到這些形狀。
For example，asking "Do you see a square?" made it more likely than that they would see a hidden square but not a hidden circle.
例如，當被問及“你看到正方形了嗎？”這一問題可以使志愿者更容易看到隱藏的正方形而不是隱藏的圓形。
James McClelland of Stanford University in California，who was not involved in the work，thinks it is an important study.
加利福尼亞斯坦福大學的詹姆斯·麥克萊蘭沒有參與這項研究，他認為這是一項重要的研究。
It suggests that sight and language are intertwined，he says.
他說，這表明視覺和語言是相互交織的
