首页
登录
职称英语
Oxford University scientists will experiment on hundreds of people in a hid t
Oxford University scientists will experiment on hundreds of people in a hid t
游客
2023-11-22
73
管理
问题
Oxford University scientists will experiment on hundreds of people in a hid to understand how the brain works during states of consciousness and to see whether faith eases pain.
One aspect of the two-year study will involve followers of religious and secular faiths being burnt. This will test whether they can handle more pain than others.
Some volunteers will be shown religious symbols such as images of the Virgin Mary in the Bible during the torture.
Researchers believe the study may improve understanding of faith--how strong it is and how easily it can be removed.
The team from the newly-formed Center for Science of the Mind also want to include people with survival techniques. That may help special forces easily identify people with high pain thresholds.
Another part of the research uses anesthetic on the participants. That’s to see what painkillers have on the brain. It also tests why some people need higher doses of pain to make them unconscious. Baroness Greenfield, director of the center, said 20 years ago scientists had shied away from studying the brain in such a way but that was now changing.
"We want to find out how it is working when we are having feelings and most importantly of all when we are conscious," she said.
Alison Gray, a spokeswoman for the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Britain, said: "The experience of pain depends on biological factors such as the amount of tissue damage and the release of the natural painkillers endorphin, in the brain."
People know that religious believers can tolerate great pain when there is a specific purpose.
Scientists speculate that this would operate via endorphin release. Religious practices such as prayer and meditation release endorphins and would in theory increase the pain threshold. [br] The experiment carried out by Oxford University scientists is NOT intended to test ______.
选项
A、the role of faith in the killing of pain
B、how the brain works when one is conscious
C、if religious faith erases more pain than secular faith
D、why someone has a higher pain threshold than others
答案
C
解析
文章第一段说牛津大学这个研究的目的是要弄清在清醒的状态下大脑如何工作以及信仰是否能减轻疼痛;第六段说这个研究还要搞明白为什么有些人承受疼痛的能力更强一些。因此,本题应选C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3209010.html
相关试题推荐
Shynessisthecauseofmuchunhappinessforagreatmanypeople.Shypeople
Shynessisthecauseofmuchunhappinessforagreatmanypeople.Shypeople
Hefailedonceagaininhisexperiment,buthedidn’tfeel______.A、frustratedB
Thenewlyfreepeopleadoptdemocraticformsofgovernment______allthegoodies
Youngscientistscannotrealize______soonthatexistingscientificknowledgeis
Fewpeoplerealizethat______.[originaltext]Peopleallovertheworldknow
Inordertolivealongerlife,whatshouldpeopledo?[br][originaltext]M:He
Inordertolivealongerlife,whatshouldpeopledo?[br][originaltext]M:He
Inordertolivealongerlife,whatshouldpeopledo?[originaltext]M:Hey!Jen
EverypeoplehasitsownspecialwordsandexpressionsliketheAmericanex
随机试题
Whatdidthespeakerusuallydoduringparties?[br][originaltext]whenIf
ThenitwasJerry’sdutytocautiously______thearrowhaditmissedthemark.A
故宫,也就是今天的中国故宫博物院(theNationalPalaceMuseumofChina),位于北京市中心,天安门以北,又称紫禁城,曾是明
在一定压力下,液体在沸点温度下沸腾气化,下列物理量中数值增加的是( )。A.系
在帮助老年人戒烟的健康教育项目中,不应该采用的方法是A、鼓励的 B、说服的
幼儿园应当制定合理的幼儿园一日生活作息制度,《幼儿园工作规程》规定两餐间隔时间为
我国证券市场建立之初,上海证券交易所将上市公司分为5类,以下属于这5类的是()
共用题干 TrafficJams-NoEndinSight1Traf
现在,随着人们对橡胶认识的深入,橡胶技术也________,不论是天然橡胶还是人
根据《药品不良反应报告和监测管理办法》,以下说法正确的是A.可将药品不良反应分为
最新回复
(
0
)