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In an experiment published last month, researchers from the University of Il
In an experiment published last month, researchers from the University of Il
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In an experiment published last month, researchers from the University of Illinois recruited schoolchildren, ages 9 and 10 and asked them to run on a treadmill, hoping to learn more about how fitness affects the immature human brain.
The researchers sorted the children, based on their treadmill runs, into highest-, lowest- and median-fit categories. Only the most- and least-fit groups continued in the study (to provide the greatest contrast). Both groups completed a series of cognitive (认知的) challenges. Finally, the children’s brains were scanned, using MRI technology to measure the volume of specific areas.
Previous studies found that fitter kids generally scored better on such tests. And in this case, too, those children performed better on the tests. But the MRIs provided a clearer picture of how it might work. They showed that fit children had significantly larger basal ganglia, a key part of the brain that aids in maintaining attention and "executive control". Since both groups of children had similar socioeconomic backgrounds, body mass index and other variables, the researchers concluded that being fit had enlarged that portion of their brains.
The findings arrive at an important time. For budgetary and administrative reasons, school boards are reducing physical education, while on their own, children grow increasingly sluggish (懒散的). Roughly a quarter of children participate in zero physical activity outside of school.
At the same time, evidence accumulates about the positive impact of even small amounts of aerobic (有氧的) activity. Past studies found that "just 20 minutes of walking" before a test raised children’s scores, even if the children were otherwise unfit or overweight.
But it’s the neurological (神经的) impact of sustained aerobic fitness in young people that is especially compelling. A years-long Swedish study published last year found that, among more than a million 18-year-old boys who joined the army, better fitness was correlated with higher IQs, even among identical twins. The fittest of them were also more likely to go on to profitable careers than the least fit, rendering them less likely to live in their parents’ basements.
No correlation was found between muscular strength and IQ scores. There’s no evidence that exercise leads to a higher IQ, but the researchers suspect that aerobic exercise, not strength training, produces specific growth factors and proteins that stimulate the brain. [br] The purpose of the University of Illinois experiment was to figure out______.
选项
A、schoolchildren’s cognitive development
B、the fitness levels of today’s school children
C、the effect of exercise on children’s brains
D、the structure of immature human brains
答案
C
解析
根据题干中的University of Illinois和experiment将本题出处定位到首段。该段提到,在上个月公布的一项实验中,伊利诺斯州大学的研究人员征集了9岁和10岁的小学生,让他们踩跑步机,希望以此更深入地了解健康状况是如何影响未发育成熟的人类大脑的。由此可知,伊利诺斯州大学实验的目的是为了弄清楚锻炼是如何影响孩子的大脑的,故答案为[C],其中的figure out与learn more about对应。[A]是针对第2段提到的Both groups completed a series of cognitive challenges设的干扰项。[B]是针对第2段首句设的干扰项,该句提到的将孩子的健康状况分级是实验过程涉及的内容,而非目的。[D]是针对第2段末句设的干扰项。
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