说中文的人脑子比说英文的好！

人鱼不游泳

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Mandarin speakers use more areas of
their brains than people who speak English, scientists said on Monday, in a
finding that provides new insight into how the brain processes language.
        Unlike English speakers, who use one side of their brain to
understand the language, scientists at the Wellcome Trust research charity
in Britain discovered that both sides of the brain are used to interpret
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        "We were very surprised to discover that people who speak different
sorts of languages use their brains to decode speech in different ways; it
overturned some long-held theories," said Dr. Sophie Scott, a psychologist
at the charity.
        Using brain scans on volunteers, Scott discovered that different
areas of the brain are used to interpret words and intonation.
        The left temporal lobe of the brain is active when English speakers
hear the language but Mandarin speakers use the left and right lobe, which
is normally used to process melody in music and speech.
        Intonation is important in Mandarin because it gives different
meanings to the same word. The word "ma" for example can mean mother, scold,
horse or hemp, depending on the tone.
        "We think Mandarin speakers interpret intonation and melody in the
right temporal lobe to give the correct meaning to the spoken word," Scott
said in a statement.
        She believes the research could provide insights into what happens
when people are forced to re-learn speech comprehension following a stroke.
        "It seems that the structure of the language you learn as a child
affects how the structure of your brain develops to decode speech. Native
English speakers, for example, find it extraordinarily difficult to learn
Mandarin," Scott said.
        The findings will be presented at a science exhibit this week at the
Royal Society, Britain's academy of leading scientists, in London.

飒

喜欢中文的含蓄，英文的直白。
不过讲中文的人脑子更聪明！

samuel

这也许就是为什么英语能成为世界性语言的原因吧。

人鱼不游泳

从语言学的角度讲，英语的单词、语句构造的确比较容易的说~~

samuel

用两个lobe真的比只用一个lobe聪明吗？用两个lobe的人类应该领先于用一个lobe的，可现实好像不是这样。

dasheng200

未必吧，我觉得英语就很难

asnowsmile

同意斑竹的，所以咱们学英语比老外学汉语容易！^_^
不过会讲不同语言的人脑子更好用，一篇雅思阅读说的

dtype

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