Section 2---Unit 16 Mad about Memory?

 

Section 2---Unit 16 Science and Technology

Mad about Memory?

"You forgot once again, didn't you?" Caroline asks as she glares at her boyfriend. Tom tries to remember if there was something important that he was supposed to do today, but his girlfriend only grows angrier. It’s my birthday, you idiot!" Caroline says. “Why can't you ever seem to remember a simple date?"

This is a common scene in relationships. Recent studies have begun to show that there are scientific reasons behind the differences between men and women. Women score higher on tests for long-term memory episodic memory, and men do better with visuospatial memories.

To put it more simply, women tend to hold onto memories about events, such as weddings, accidents, and everyday occurrences. Men, however, are better with tactical memories, like traveling directions and sports facts. In addition, if the memory involves faces, smells, or emotions, women usually remember more clearly. This explains why it's more likely for a woman to remember the date of the first day a couple met.

The way people remember has to do with how the brain processes and stores information. The part of the brain that deals with emotions is bigger for women, so it's easy to understand that they would process memories of emotional events more easily. On the other hand, one reason men recall directions and certain visual details more accurately may be their larger space-perception brain area.

With these differences, is it any wonder that men and women remember things differently? You shouldn't use this new knowledge as an excuse for forgetting things, though. Instead, forget about memory misunderstandings and create special moments that everyone will enjoy remembering.

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	accurately	第三級	[形容詞] accurate(準確的) 的衍生的副詞
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	directions	第二級	[名詞] direction(方向; 指示) 的複數
	emotional	第三級	[形容詞] 易動情的
	emotions	第二級	[名詞] emotion(情緒) 的複數
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	glares	第五級	[動詞] glare(怒目注視;眩目地照射) 的第三人稱單數現在式; [名詞] glare(瞪眼;怒視;刺眼的強光) 的複數
	idiot	第五級	[名詞] 白癡;笨蛋
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	involves	第四級	[動詞] involve(使捲入,連累;牽涉) 的第三人稱單數現在式
	likely	第二級	[形容詞] 有可能的; [副詞] 很可能
	memories	第二級	[名詞] memory(記憶) 的複數
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	occurrences	第六級	[名詞] occurrence(發生;出現;事件) 的複數
	onto	第三級	[介系詞] 到...之上;向...之上
	perception	第五級	[名詞] 感知;察覺;認知
	process	第三級	[動詞] 加工沖洗(膠卷); [名詞] 過程,進程
	processes	第三級	[動詞] process(加工沖洗(膠卷)) 的第三人稱單數現在式; [名詞] process(過程,進程) 的複數
	recall	第四級	[動詞] 回憶;使想起;召回; [名詞] 回想;收回
	recent	第二級	[形容詞] 最近的
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	scientific	第三級	[形容詞] 科學的
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	sports	第二級	[動詞] sport(炫耀;誇示;遊戲,;開玩笑,嘲弄;突變) 的第三人稱單數現在式; [名詞] sport(消遣;運動;突變) 的複數
	such	第二級	[形容詞] 如此的; [代名詞] 這樣的人(或事物);上述的人(或事物)
	supposed	第二級	[動詞] suppose(猜想,以為;假定) 的過去式及過去分詞
	tend	第三級	[動詞] 走向;趨向;照料
	traveling	第二級	[動詞] travel(旅行) 的現在分詞
	usually	第二級	[形容詞] usual(例常的) 的衍生的副詞
	visual	第四級	[形容詞] 視力的;光學的
	weddings	第二級	[名詞] wedding(婚禮) 的複數
	wonder	第二級	[動詞] 納悶; [名詞] 驚奇;奇觀

Reading Comprehension

(   ) 1. Which of the following is true, according to the article?

(A) Women don't usually remember events well.

(B) Men can remember how to get somewhere more easily than women.

(C) There aren't any scientific reasons for memory differences between men and women.

(D) Women are more likely to remember visual details.

(   ) 2. What is the purpose of the article?

(A) To learn why women get upset when men forget something

(B) To show how men forget more easily than women

(C) To introduce how men and women remember differently

(D) To explain why women are more willing to remember things

(   ) 3. What benefit does a larger space-perception brain area have?

(A) It helps people recall directions and certain visual details more accurately.

(B) It helps people be more accurate when storing information.

(C) It helps people have more long-term episodic memory.

(D) It helps people remember faces, smells, and emotions more clearly.

(   ) 4. According to the article, what should you use this new knowledge for?

(A) Use it as an excuse for forgetting things

(B) Use it to increase your visuospatial memories

(C) Use it to recall certain visual details

(D) Use it to create memories that can be enjoyed by everyone