我们都知道在与人交流时目光接触很重要。
科学家最近做了这样一个实验：给被试者看一些发怒的人和看起来让人害怕的人的照片，测量当时他们的大脑活动。
我们会发现大脑的一部分控制着情绪，并会察觉出潜在威胁。
如果盯着其他东西，比如桌子，就不会使你感到不安。
如果盯着一样东西看并受到惊吓，你的大脑就会努力找出使你害怕的东西，并评估是否会对你造成危险。
在不同情况下，目光交流的意义也不同。
如果我很生气地看着你，我也可能会成为一种威胁。
但是如果你是受到惊吓后看着别人，就不大可能表现出攻击性。
研究表明，人们在评估威胁和情绪时，目光接触起着重要的作用。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 与 | yǔ | (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast) |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb) |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 目光 | mù guāng | gaze; (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes; look / (lit. and fig.) sight; vision |
| 接触 | jiē chù | to touch / to contact |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 科学家 | kē xué jiā | scientist |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | (before a noun) this kind of; such |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 实验 | shí yàn | experiment / test |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 被试者 | bèi shì zhě | test subject; participant in an experiment |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 发怒 | fā nù | to get angry |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be scared |
| 照片 | zhào piàn | photograph / picture |
| 测量 | cè liáng | to measure / to gauge / to determine |
| 当时 | dāng shí | then; at that time |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 大脑 | dà nǎo | brain / cerebrum |
| 活动 | huó dòng | (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece |
| 控制 | kòng zhì | to control |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 情绪 | qíng xù | mood / state of mind / moodiness |
| 并 | bìng | furthermore / also / simultaneously |
| 察觉 | chá jué | to sense / to perceive / to become aware of / to detect |
| 出 | chū | (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) |
| 潜在 | qián zài | hidden / potential / latent |
| 威胁 | wēi xié | to threaten; to menace |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 盯 | dīng | to watch attentively / to fix one's attention on / to stare at / to gaze at |
| 其他 | qí tā | other / (sth or sb) else / the rest |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 桌子 | zhuō zi | table / desk |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 使 | shǐ | to make / to cause / to enable |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 不安 | bù ān | unpeaceful / unstable / uneasy / disturbed / restless / worried |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 惊吓 | jīng xià | to frighten / to horrify / to terrify |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive |
| 找出 | zhǎo chū | to find / to search out |
| 评估 | píng gū | to evaluate / to assess |
| 是否 | shì fǒu | whether (or not) / if / is or isn't |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 危险 | wēi xiǎn | danger |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different / distinct / not the same / not alike |
| 情况 | qíng kuàng | circumstances; state of affairs; situation |
| 下 | xià | down / downwards / below |
| 意义 | yì yì | sense / meaning / significance / importance |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 生气 | shēng qì | to get angry; to be furious |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 看着 | kàn zhe | seems to look at; while looking at; in the process of watching/looking |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 大 | dà | greatly; freely; fully |
| 表现 | biǎo xiàn | to show / to show off / to display / to manifest |
| 攻击性 | gōng jī xìng | aggressiveness; tendency to attack or behave aggressively |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research / a study |
| 表明 | biǎo míng | to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 起 | qǐ | to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) |
| 作用 | zuò yòng | action; function; activity / impact; result; effect |