“一孕傻三年”根本不存在
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px][b]Mothers-to-be who are feeling forgetful and a bit slow on the uptake may blame it on 'baby brain'.[/b][/size][/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px][b]有句流传已久的社会俗语，叫“一孕傻三年”，准妈妈常常对此深信不疑。她们感觉自己怀孕后变得健忘，反应也变迟钝了。[/b][/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]But in reality this doesn't exist, scientists claim.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]While those who are pregnant may believe their [url=http://www.enread.com/news/cultureandedu/100424.html]memory[/url] is worse than usual, a study has found that they perform just as well as other women in mental tests.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]And it doesn't just apply to memory. Other key skills, including attention span and [url=http://dict.qsbdc.com/spatial][b]spatial[/b][/url][url=http://dict.qsbdc.com/awareness][b] awareness[/b][/url], are equally unaffected by [url=http://dict.qsbdc.com/pregnancy][b]pregnancy[/b][/url].[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]With up to 80 per cent of pregnant women saying they suffer memory [url=http://dict.qsbdc.com/lapses][b]lapses[/b][/url], the finding could prove controversial. However, the US researchers say their aim is to give mothers-to-be a confidence boost.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]However, the US researchers say their aim is to give mothers-to-be a confidence boost.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]They said that there is a '[url=http://dict.qsbdc.com/stereotype][b]stereotype[/b][/url] that your brain is going to turn to mush' when [url=http://www.enread.com/news/cultureandedu/100424.html]pregnant[/url] and that women should resist it.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]With previous studies into the existence of baby brain providing mixed results, the team from Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City set out to come up with a [url=http://dict.qsbdc.com/definitive][b]definitive[/b][/url] answer.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]They put 21 mothers-to-be through a battery of mental tests a few weeks before their baby was due and again a couple of months after the birth.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]Another 21 women who weren't pregnant and had never had any children also completed the three-hour set of tests.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]There were no differences between the two groups in memory, thinking, attention span, organisational or spatial skills.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]Whether the tests were taken during pregnancy or when looking after a young baby, the women did just as well as those who had never been pregnant.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]However, when asked how they had performed, the pregnant women and new mothers thought they had done worse. They also said they had a lower quality of life and were less satisfied with their lot.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px][url=http://dict.qsbdc.com/Psychology][b]Psychology[/b][/url] [url=http://www.enread.com/news/cultureandedu/100424.html]professor[/url] Michael Larson, lead author of the study, said: 'I was surprised at how strong the feeling was that they weren't performing well.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=14px]'This feeling of, "I really am doing badly right now" exists despite the objective evidence that they aren't.'[/size][/font]
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