The Experiences ThatMake People Happiest
讓人最快樂的經歷
The boost tohappiness can be seen in increased brain activity in regions critical tonovelty and reward.
幸福感的提高可以從大腦中對新奇感和獎勵感至關重要的區域活動增加中看出。
New and diverseexperiences make people the happiest, new research shows.
一項新的研究表明，全新而多樣的經歷會讓人感到最快樂。
People living in NewYork and Miami, who were tracked over months, felt more positive emotions whenthey spent more time in locations that were novel to them.
研究人員對居住在紐約和邁阿密的人進行了長達數月的跟蹤調查，發現當他們在陌生的地方待的時間更長時，他們會感到更積極的情緒。
The boost tohappiness can be seen in increased brain activity in regions critical tonovelty and reward.
幸福感的提高可以從大腦中對新奇感和獎勵感至關重要的區域的活動增加中看出。
Even relativelysmall changes — like walking around the block or taking a different route tothe store — may have beneficial effects.
即使是相對小小改變——比如繞著街區走或者走不同的路線去商店——也可能產生有益效果。
Dr CatherineHartley, study co-author, said:
研究的合著者凱薩琳·哈特利博士說：
「Our results suggestthat people feel happier when they have more variety in their dailyroutines—when they go to novel places and have a wider array of experiences.
「我們的研究結果表明，當人們在日常生活中擁有多樣生活——當他們去新奇的地方，有更多的體驗時，他們會感到更快樂。
The opposite is alsolikely true: positive feelings may drive people to seek out these rewardingexperiences more frequently.」
相反的情況也可能正確：積極的情緒可能會促使人們更頻繁地尋求這些有益經歷。」
For the study,people in New York and Miami had their emotions and movements tracked over 3-4months.
在這項研究中，紐約和邁阿密的人們被跟蹤觀察了3-4個月的情緒和運動。
The results showedthat when people were in new and different places on the same day, they weremore likely to report feeling happy, strong, relaxed or excited.
結果顯示，當人們在同一天來到全新不同的地方時，他們更有可能感到快樂、有力、放鬆或興奮。
Dr Aaron Heller, thestudy’s first author, said:
該研究的第一作者亞倫·海勒博士說：
「Collectively, thesefindings show the beneficial consequences of environmental enrichment acrossspecies, demonstrating a connection between real-world exposure to fresh andvaried experiences and increases in positive emotions.」
「總的來說，這些發現表明豐富的環境對不同物種的有益影響，證明了接觸真實世界中新鮮多樣的經歷和增加積極情緒之間的聯繫。」
Brain scans on asubset of these people showed a strong link between novelty and a rewardingfeeling.
對其中一部分人的腦部掃描顯示，新鮮感和成就感之間存在著強烈的聯繫。
Some people’s brainsare particularly sensitive to diverse experiences and it gives them a greaterboost.
有些人的大腦對不同經歷特別敏感，這給了他們更大刺激。
In these peoplethere are stronger links between parts of the brain important for feeling goodand for processing reward and novelty.
在這些人身上，大腦中負責感覺良好和處理成就和新鮮感的重要部分之間有著更強的聯繫。
Dr Hartley said:
哈特利博士說：
「These resultssuggest a reciprocal link between the novel and diverse experiences we haveduring our daily exploration of our physical environments and our subjectivesense of well-being.」
「這些結果表明，在我們日常對物理環境的探索中，新奇多樣的體驗與我們的主觀幸福感之間存在著相互聯繫。」
The study waspublished in the journal Nature Neuroscience (Heller et al., 2020).
這項研究發表在《自然神經科學》雜誌上(Heller et al.， 2020)。
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