What is brain gym 什么是健腦俱樂部
The Brain Gym program is based on the concept that learning challenges can be overcome by carrying out certain movements, the use of which will create pathways in the brain. The repetition of the 26 Brain Gym activities (each of which takes about a minute to do), is said to"activate the brain for optimal storage and retrieval of information."
The Brain Gym website refers to more than a hundred pilot studies and anecdotal reports, done with people of all ages, that explore the effects of the activities in such areas as reading, writing, memory, selfreported anxiety, and computer-related eye-and-muscle strain, to name a few. Numerous books have been written describing anecdotal studies in which use of the Brain Gym activities has benefited specific populations.
The work's founder, educator Paul Dennison, writing his early books on Brain Gym in the 80s and 90s, then hypothesized his explanations for the efficacy of the Brain Gym program. Modern scientific researchers are invited to confirm his empirical findings. The Brain Gym 26, used by people of all ages, have been incorporated into many educational, sports, and business programs in the United States, Canada, and throughout the world. They are also widely used in British state schools, including the Finchale Primary School.
Brain Gym International/the Educational Kinesiology Foundation is a non-profit educational organization, established in 1987 and based in Ventura, California. The names of the members of the board of directors are listed on the Brain Gym website. Brain Gym is a registered trademark of Brain Gym International.
The Brain Gym instructor program is open to anyone. To become qualified as a consultant there is a four-stage training program that consists of fourteen courses of between twenty-four and forty hours, in which students experience the use of intentional movement to improve sensorimotor skills and achieve personal goals. The trainee must also complete fifteen case studies and attend six private consultations with a qualified instructor.
大多數(shù)"健腦俱樂部"(brain gym)的基礎(chǔ)配備是一個計算機房(computer room),在電腦上安裝一些公司開發(fā)的相關(guān)軟件,如Posit Science Corp.,CogniFit Ltd.,、Lumos Labs Inc.和Happy Neuron Inc.公司等。和去普通健身房練舉重(weight lifting)或普拉提(Pilates)的人一樣,一些體驗這種新型健腦方式的用戶說,他們更喜歡有私人教練(private coach)的陪伴。除了基本的認(rèn)知訓(xùn)練(cognitive training)外,腦部保健還包括精神健康評估(health assessment)和放松練習(xí)(relaxation training)等項目。
Have you ever heard about brain gym?
你聽說過健腦俱樂部嗎?
The brain gym attract more and more attention in many countries, especially America, and are becoming popular.
健腦俱樂部在很多國家,尤其是美國,受到越來越多的關(guān)注,并且變得流行。
The brain gym is a new way of brain strengthening.
健腦俱樂部是一種新型健腦方式。
The 63 year old American writer Linda Hale Bucklin set up a new brain gym in his community, which attracts many residents to join in.
現(xiàn)年63歲的美國作家琳達·巴克林在自己的社區(qū)新開了一家"健腦俱樂部",吸引了很多居民加入。
What she joined in was the vibrant brain gym.
她加入的是活力大腦健腦俱樂部。
From December, 2007, the brain gym has attracted about 200 members. Paying for 60 dollars per month, the members could use the facilities that are composed by 20 computer work stations.
從2007年12月起,俱樂部已吸引了約200名會員。會員每月支付60美元,就可以使用由20個電腦工作站構(gòu)成的設(shè)施。
Apart from the basic cognition training, the brain health care also includes the items like spiritual health assessment and relaxation exercises.
除了基本的認(rèn)知訓(xùn)練外,腦部保健還包括精神健康評估和放松練習(xí)等項目。
The emerging enterprise Sparks of Genius in Florida provides"scientific brain exercise movement" towards the old people.
佛羅里達州的新興企業(yè)Sparks of Genius公司面向老年人提供"科學(xué)的健腦運動"。
In southern California, more than ten body-building clubs are combining traditional body-building items with brain exercise that sitting in front of computers, and claim that it is most effective to do brain exercise after body building.
在南加州,十幾所健身俱樂部正在把傳統(tǒng)健身項目與坐在電腦前的腦部保健項目結(jié)合起來,聲稱在健身后進行健腦最為有效。
The brain health care is established on the basis of a relatively new scientific finding: the plasticity of brain.
腦部保健行業(yè)的建立基礎(chǔ)是一個相對較新的科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn):腦可塑性。
It is discovered in a recent research on 487 old people aging above 65 that those who took the 40-hours training by brain-exercising software within the past eight weeks has obvious improvement in memory and attentiveness.
最近一項對487名65歲以上的老年人進行的研究發(fā)現(xiàn),在八周時間內(nèi)通過腦部鍛煉軟件進行40小時訓(xùn)練的人在記憶力和注意力方面有顯著改進。
Although many brain exercising center are catering to the baby boom generation, their parents also join in.
雖然許多腦部鍛煉中心主要面向嬰兒潮一代,但這個人群的父母們也在加入進來。
Their first brain gym occupied little space, equipped many computers and prepared lots of nuts and green tea in the rest rooms.
他們開的第一個健腦俱樂部場地不大,安放了很多電腦,休息室里準(zhǔn)備了很多堅果和綠茶。
It is demonstrated that human brain has plasticity, and brain gyms are popular in many countries.
研究表明大腦具有可塑性,健腦俱樂部風(fēng)行各國。
Bruce: It is said that Martin had joined in a brain gym.
布魯斯:聽說馬丁最近加入了一個健腦俱樂部。
Sam: I just heard about body-building club, what's brain gym?
山姆:我只聽說過健身俱樂部,健腦俱樂部是什么?
Bruce: Brain gym is a new way of brain health care prevails in recent years.
布魯斯:健腦俱樂部是近些年剛剛流行的一種腦部保健方式。
Sam: Does it keep brain health though medicines?
山姆:是通過藥物保健嗎?
Bruce: No. Brain health care is operated by a software named"neutral exercise" equipped in the computers.
布魯斯:不是。腦部保健是通過在電腦上安裝一種名為"神經(jīng)操"的軟件對大腦進行保健。
Sam: What's the effect of this brain health care?
山姆:這種保健會有怎樣的效果呢?
Bruce: The brain health care is beneficial to increase memory and attentiveness.
布魯斯:腦部保健有利于提高記憶力和注意力。
Sam: Is that means this way of health care more suitable for the old people?
山姆:這么說這種保健方式更適合于老年人嘍?
Bruce: It is not only fit for the old, but attracts many young people to join in.
布魯斯:不僅適用于老年人,很多年輕人也非常樂意加入。
Sam: Well, how to join in this brain gym?
山姆:那么該如何加入健腦俱樂部呢?
Bruce: After applying for the member, you can use the facilities like computers and software of gym for free if you pay the membership fees every month.
布魯斯:申請成為會員后,每月只需要繳納一定的會費,就可以免費使用俱樂部里的腦部保健設(shè)施,即計算機和軟件。
Sam: Is the member fees high?
山姆:費用高嗎?
Bruce: Just dozens of dollars per month.
布魯斯:每月僅僅幾十美元。
Sam: Is there any brain gym in our community?
山姆:咱們的社區(qū)有健腦俱樂部嗎?
Bruce: Not yet, but there is one in Martin's, and you can enroll there.
布魯斯:目前還沒有,不過馬丁的社區(qū)有,你可以去他們那里報名。
Sam: Ok, I will consult tomorrow.
山姆:好的,明天我就去咨詢一下。