【中考英语阅读题库】卫生保健：Learning why we forget

LearningwhyweforgetIt'saschooldaymorning.Youaredressingyourselfinthebedroom.Meanwhile,youareremindingyourselftograbyourbackpackfromthelivingroom.Butasyouwalkthroughyourbedroomdoorandintothelivingroom,yousuddenlyforgetwhyyouwentthere.Mostpeoplewouldblamethemselvesforhavingabadmemory.Butscientistsbelievethattheactofwalkingthroughdoorwaysmakesusforgetthings.Theycallitthe“doorwayeffect（门口效应）”.ScientistsfromtheUniversityofNotreDameintheUSdidanexperiment.Theyplacedseveralobjects（物品）intotworooms.StudentshadtoputanobjectfromroomAintoashoeboxandthencarryittoroomBthroughadoorway.InroomB,theyexchangeditforanotherobjectandbroughtitbacktoroomAintheshoebox.Tocompare,studentswereaskedtodothesametaskwithoutcrossingthroughadoorway.Duringtheexperiment,scientistswouldrandomly（随机地）askthestudentswhichobjectwascurrentlyintheirshoebox.Scientistsfoundthattheiranswerswereslowerandlesscorrectwhentheywalkedthroughadoorwayandintoanewroom.“Enteringthroughadoorwayservesasa‘boundary（分界线）'inthemind,”leadscientistGabrielRadvanskytoldScientificAmerican.Setting“boundaries”inourmindshelpsustoorganize（规划）thecontentofourbrains,butitcanalsocauseustoforgetthings.Forexample,whenyouwalkintothelivingroom,yourbrainthinksthetaskofgettingyourbackpackisalready“done”anditmoveson.Isthereawaytostopthedoorwayeffect?Writingdownwhatyouneedtodobeforegoingintoanotherroommightbehelpful.Choosetheanswer:Peoplearemorelikelytoforgetthingswhen.theygetuplatetheypacktheirbagtheyhurrytoschooltheywalkthroughadoorTheaimoftheexperimentwasto.seeifstudentshavegoodmemoriesprovethatthedoorwayeffectisrealtrainstudentstobemoreorganizedhelppeoplewithbadmemoriesThescientistsfoundthatstudentswhodidn'twalkthroughthedoorwere.slowerlesscorrectmoreforgetfulmorecorrect4.Youcanstopthedoorwayeffectbywritingdownwhat