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How Parenting Affects the Brain
教育孩子影響大腦
If you're one of those parents that constantly worries about their kids, you're not alone.
你是否和很多家長一樣，經常為孩子擔心？
In fact, a study out of Yale University suggested that having a child may actually affect your brain function.
其實，最近耶魯大學的一項研究表明有小孩可能會影響家長的大腦功能。
In the study, researchers monitored parents' brain activity when they heard their child crying,
研究者監測家長聽到孩子哭
or saw their child's picture. Interestingly, it turned out that some of the brain areas that were activated are the same as
或看到孩子時的大腦活動。有趣的是，結果發現他們大腦的某些區域被激活，
the brain areas that are overactive in patients with obsessive-compulsivedisorder.
而這些區域正是那些患有強迫癥的人過于活躍的大腦區域。
Of course, it's only normal to worry about your baby.
當然，擔心自己的孩子是很正常的事。
The study suggests that obsessive-compulsivedisorder may happen when the same parts of the brain that help us be good parents become overactive.
研究表明強迫癥會出現的情況是，當大腦幫助我們成為好家長的區域太過活躍。
The study is also part of a growing body of research about the physiological changes that happen to people once they become parents.
這項調查同時也是另外一個研究的一部分，即當我們成為家長后會發生那些生理上的變化。
The question is whether people are, in some sense, pre-programmed for their roles as parents.
這個課題，在某種意義上是為我們作為家長做準備。
