最近，德克萨斯大学的科学家首次成功地向鸟类的大脑植入记忆，让鸟类在无教导的情况下学会唱歌。
科学家选用了一种雀作为实验对象，使用光遗传学控制了大脑与听觉经验学习有关的两个区域之间的相互作用，从而对鸟的记忆编码。
这项研究的成功为识别影响发出声音的其他方面开辟了研究途径。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 德克萨斯 | Dé kè sà sī | Texas, US state |
| 大学 | dà xué | university / college |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 科学家 | kē xué jiā | scientist |
| 首 | shǒu | first |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 成功 | chéng gōng | successful; fruitful |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 向 | xiàng | towards / shortly before / formerly / always / all along |
| 鸟 | niǎo | bird / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (intensifier) damned / goddamn |
| 类 | lèi | kind; type; class; category / (classifier) kind; type |
| 大脑 | dà nǎo | brain / cerebrum |
| 植入 | zhí rù | to implant |
| 记忆 | jì yì | memory |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 无 | wú | not to have / to lack |
| 教导 | jiào dǎo | guidance / teaching |
| 情况 | qíng kuàng | circumstances; state of affairs; situation |
| 下 | xià | down / downwards / below |
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate |
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to |
| 唱歌 | chàng gē | to sing a song |
| 选 | xuǎn | to choose / to pick / to select / to elect |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 雀 | què | (bound form) small bird / sparrow |
| 作为 | zuò wéi | to act as / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be |
| 实验 | shí yàn | experiment / test |
| 对象 | duì xiàng | target; object / partner; boyfriend; girlfriend |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of |
| 光 | guāng | light; ray |
| 遗传学 | yí chuán xué | genetics |
| 控制 | kòng zhì | to control |
| 与 | yǔ | (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases) |
| 听觉 | tīng jué | auditory |
| 经验 | jīng yàn | experience |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 有关 | yǒu guān | related to / concerning |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 区域 | qū yù | area / region / district |
| 之间 | zhī jiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid |
| 相互 | xiāng hù | mutual |
| 作用 | zuò yòng | action; function; activity / impact; result; effect |
| 从而 | cóng ér | thus; thereby |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 编码 | biān mǎ | to code / to encode |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 项 | xiàng | classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research / a study |
| 为 | wèi | because of / for / to |
| 识别 | shí bié | to distinguish; to discern; to identify; to recognize |
| 影响 | yǐng xiǎng | to influence / to affect / to disturb |
| 发出 | fā chū | to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch / to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh) |
| 声音 | shēng yīn | voice / sound |
| 其他 | qí tā | other / (sth or sb) else / the rest |
| 方面 | fāng miàn | respect / aspect / field / side |
| 开辟 | kāi pì | to open up / to set up / to establish |
| 途径 | tú jìng | way; means; channel |