保持記憶力的最佳方法:放鬆

You’re on your way to the supermarket, one of the million things on your to-do list -- and now you’re stuck in traffic. As you drum your fingers against the steering wheel, you can feel the stress and pressure building. By the time you make it to the store, you’ve forgotten those crucial three items you’re there to buy.
你在去超市的路上，準備完成任務清單上的一件事——現在塞車了。隨着你不停地按方向盤，你能感受到這些建築物的壓力和壓強。而等你到達商店的時候，你已經忘記了你要買的3件重要東西了。

Don’t blame a lazy brain on the blip. The culprit is stress. A study by the University of California, Irvine, shows that even short-term stress can temporarily impair brain-cell communication in areas associated with learning and memory.
不要責怪懶惰大腦的曇花一現。罪魁禍首是壓力。加州大學歐文分校研究人員發現，即使只是幾小時的短期壓力也會擾亂腦細胞間的正常運作，而這些運作正關係到學習和記憶。

Researchers identified a novel process by which stress causes memory lapses. They found that rather than involving the widely known stress hormone cortisol, acute stress activates selective molecules called corticotrophin,which disrupt the activity of the brain that collects and stores memories.
研究人員發現了一個異常的過程，壓力會導致記憶力衰退。他們發現，不是包括衆所周知的應激激素皮質醇，而是急性應激激活了選擇性分子，稱爲促腎上腺皮質激素，它破壞大腦收集儲存記憶的活動。

The only way to prevent the brain dimming reaction is to try and limit stress. Techniques that can help include breathing deeply; having a cup of green tea; going for a walk; playing with a pet; turning on your favorite music; or meditating, even for just five minutes.
預防大腦衰退反應的唯一方法就是嘗試限制壓力。這些有用的技巧包括深呼吸，喝杯綠茶，散步，跟寵物玩耍，聽喜歡的音樂，或者靜坐，就算只是5分鐘。

And you can help minimize future episodes by writing a to-do list or a shopping list, no matter how short.
而且你可以通過寫待辦事項列表或購物清單來減少未來事情，無論是多小的事。

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