社群媒體正在改變你大腦的5個瘋狂方式：英語精讀講義

With social media sites being used by 1/3 of the entire world, 文法

如今，全球三分之一的人都在使用社群媒體網站，

they've clearly had a major influence on society. 片語搭配

它們顯然已對社會產生重大影響。

But what about our bodies? 表達脈絡

但它們對我們的身體又有什麼影響呢？

Here are five crazy ways that social media and the internet are affecting your brain right now.

以下是社群媒體和網路此刻影響你大腦的五種驚人方式。

Can't log off? 片語動詞

沒辦法下線嗎？

Surprisingly,

令人意外的是，

5 to 10% of internet users are actually unable to control how much time they spend online. 文法

其實有5%到10%的網路使用者無法控制自己的上網時間。

Though it's a psychological addiction as opposed to a substance addiction, 片語搭配

雖然這是心理成癮，而不是物質成癮，

brain scans of these people actually show a similar impairment of regions

但這些人的腦部掃描顯示，某些腦區的受損情況

that those with drug dependence have.

和藥物依賴者相似。

Specifically,

具體來說，

there's a clear degradation of white matter in the regions that control emotional processing, 用詞

負責處理情緒的腦區中，白質明顯退化，

attention, and decision making.

而這些腦區也掌管注意力和決策。

Because social media provides immediate rewards with very little effort required,

由於社群媒體幾乎不費力就能讓人立即獲得獎賞，

your brain begins to rewire itself,

你的大腦便開始重新連結，

making you desire these stimulations, 文法

讓你渴望這些刺激，

and you begin to crave more of this neurological excitement after each interaction.

而每次互動後，你都會渴望更多這種神經層面的興奮感。

Sounds a little like a drug, 語氣意圖

聽起來有點像毒品，

right?

對吧？

We also see a shift when looking at multitasking.

談到多工處理，我們也看到了變化。

You might think that those who use social media 表達脈絡

你可能會以為，那些使用社群媒體，

or constantly switch between work and websites are better at multitasking, 片語搭配

或不斷在工作和網站之間切換的人，更擅長多工處理，

but studies have found that when comparing heavy media users to others,

但研究發現，和其他人相比，重度媒體使用者

they perform much worse during task switching tests.

在任務切換測驗中的表現差得多。

Increased multitasking online reduces your brain's ability to filter out interferences 片語動詞

在網路上同時處理的任務越多，大腦過濾干擾的能力就越差，

and can even make it harder for your brain to commit information to memory, 講解

甚至會讓大腦更難把資訊存入記憶，

like when your phone buzzes in the middle of productive work.

就像你正專心工作時，手機突然震動。

Or wait,

還是等等，

did it even buzz?

它真的有震動嗎？

Phantom vibration syndrome is a relatively new psychological phenomenon 文化背景

幽靈震動症候群是一種相對較新的心理現象：

where you think you felt your phone go off, 講解

你以為自己感覺到手機震動，

but it didn't.

其實並沒有。

In one study,

一項研究中，

89% of test subjects said they experienced this at least once every two weeks.

89%的受試者表示，他們至少每兩週會遇到一次這種情況。

It would seem that our brains now perceive an itch as an actual vibration from our phone. 講解

看來，我們的大腦如今會把皮膚發癢當成手機真的在震動。

As crazy as it seems, 文法

儘管這聽起來很瘋狂，

technology has begun to rewire our nervous systems, 慣用語

但科技已開始重塑我們的神經系統，

and our brains are being triggered in a way they never have before in history.

觸發大腦反應的方式，也是人類史上前所未見的。

Social media also triggers a release of dopamine, 片語搭配

社群媒體也會促使大腦釋放多巴胺，

the feel-good chemical. 用詞

這種化學物質會讓人感覺愉悅。

Using MRI scans,

透過磁振造影掃描，

scientists found that the reward centers in people's brains

科學家發現，人腦中的獎賞中樞

are much more active when they're talking about their own views as opposed to listening to others.

在人們談論自己的觀點時，遠比聆聽別人時活躍。

Not so surprising,

這倒不太令人意外，

we all love talking about ourselves,

畢竟我們都喜歡談論自己，

right?

對吧？

But it turns out that while 30 to 40% of face-to-face conversations 講解

但事實證明，面對面交談中有30%到40%的內容

involve communicating our own experiences,

是在分享我們自己的經歷，

around 80% of social media communication is self-involved.

而社群媒體上的交流，約有80%都圍繞著自己。

The same part of your brain related to orgasms, 文法

你大腦中與性高潮、

motivation, and love are stimulated by your social media use,

動機和愛有關的同一個區域，也會因使用社群媒體而受到刺激，

and even more so when you know you have an audience. 片語搭配

而且當你知道有人在看時，刺激會更強。

Our body is physiologically rewarding us for talking about ourselves online. 片語搭配

我們在網路上談論自己時，身體會在生理上給予獎勵。

But it's not all so self-involved.

但社群媒體也不全然是以自我為中心。

In fact,

事實上，

studies on relationships have found that partners tend to like each other more 文法

有關伴侶關係的研究發現，雙方對彼此的好感往往更強，

if they meet for the first time online rather than with a face-to-face interaction. 片語搭配

前提是他們初次相識於網路，而不是面對面互動。

Whether it's because people are more anonymous or perhaps more clear about their future goals, 文法

這可能是因為人們在網路上更匿名，也可能是更清楚自己的未來目標，

there's a statistical increase in successful partnerships that started online.

從統計數據來看，始於網路的伴侶關係成功率更高。

So while the internet has changed our verbal communication 表達脈絡

所以，網路雖然改變了我們的口語溝通方式，

with increased physical separation,

讓彼此的實際距離更遠，

perhaps the ones that matter the most end up even closer. 片語動詞

但那些最重要的人，最後或許反而更加親近。

Speaking of social media, 表達脈絡

說到社群媒體，

we had you ask us questions on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, Google+, 文法

我們先前請大家透過Twitter、Instagram、Facebook、Tumblr和Google+向我們提問，

and every other social platform we could find

還有我們找得到的其他所有社群平台，

and did a Q&A video over on AsapTHOUGHT.

然後在AsapTHOUGHT上製作了一支問答影片。

So if you feel like getting some insider info on AsapSCIENCE and behind the scenes, 講解

所以，如果你想知道一些AsapSCIENCE的內部消息和幕後花絮，

check it out with the link in the description. 片語動詞

就點開說明欄中的連結看看吧。

Got a burning question you want answered? 講解

有什麼急著想知道答案的問題嗎？

Ask it in the comments or on Facebook and Twitter.

在留言區，或到Facebook和Twitter上提問吧。

We also finally got a P.O. box 文化背景

我們也終於申請到一個郵政信箱，

for all of you amazing science lovers who have requested to send us mail or other stuff over the years,

好讓這些年來一直想寄信或其他東西給我們的超棒科學迷使用，

and we'd love to hear from all of you. 語氣意圖

我們很期待收到大家的來信。

So feel free to use the address on the screen or in the description box. 語氣意圖

歡迎使用畫面上或說明欄裡的地址。

And subscribe for more weekly science videos.

別忘了訂閱，每週收看更多科學影片。