Name: 藝術的大腦是不同的嗎？- 6分鐘英語 (Are artistic brains different? - 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2022-10-12T16:45:27.000Z
Duration: 6 min 19 s

I play the piano a bit. Yes, I’d say I’m

我彈過一點鋼琴。是的，我想說我是

Well, if you count playing football as artistic

嗯，如果你把踢足球算作藝術的話

then yes, but basically no – I can’t paint.

那麼是的，但基本上沒有--我不會畫畫。

We’ve been wondering why artistic ability

我們一直在想，為什麼藝術能力

comes more naturally to some people than others,

是以，在這個節目中，我們將問。

We’ll hear two expert opinions, and as usual,

我們將聽取兩位專家的意見，和以往一樣。

we’ll learn some useful new vocabulary as well.

我們也會學到一些有用的新詞彙。

So, what do you think, Neil? Are artists’ brains

那麼，你怎麼看，尼爾？藝術家的大腦是否

I’m not sure, Sam, but it’s true that many

我不確定，山姆，但確實有很多人

artists behave differently, often in very

藝術家的行為是不同的，往往在非常

奇怪的方式。例如，你知道嗎？

that Michelangelo worked so hard he never

米開朗基羅如此努力工作，卻從未

took a bath! Or that guitar legend, Jimi Hendrix,

洗了個澡!或者那個吉他傳奇人物，吉米-亨德里克斯。

曾經在舞臺上放火燒了他的吉他!

We’ll hear more about the artist’s brain soon,

我們將很快聽到更多關於藝術家大腦的消息。

but first I have a question for you. As you said,

但首先我有一個問題要問你。正如你所說。

artistic ability comes naturally to some people,

藝術能力對某些人來說是天生的。

沃爾夫岡-阿瑪迪斯-莫扎特。莫扎特是

considered a child prodigy - a young child with

very great musical talent. So, how old was

非常大的音樂天賦。那麼，當時有多大年紀

piece of music? Was he: a) five years old?

b) ten years old? or, c) fifteen years old?

OK, Sam. I’ll reveal the answer later in the

好的，山姆。我將在稍後揭曉答案。

programme. If artists’ brains are different,

方案。如果藝術家的大腦是不同的。

it could mean they see the world in unusual ways.

這可能意味著他們以不尋常的方式看待世界。

Dr Rebecca Chamberlain is a researcher in

麗貝卡-張伯倫博士是一名研究人員，在

the neuroscience of art. She investigates how

藝術的神經科學。她研究瞭如何

artists see the objects they  are drawing by measuring 

藝術家通過測量看到他們所畫的物體

saccades – the rapid movements our eyes make

眼球運動 - 我們的眼睛所做的快速運動

as they jump from one thing to another. Here she

因為他們從一件事跳到另一件事。在這裡，她

Artists seem to be processing the visual world

in a different way to non-artists, particularly

以不同的方式向非藝術家展示，特別是

when they’re drawing. The artist actually takes

當他們在畫畫時。藝術家實際上採取了

a more global approach to looking – so they

一個更加全球化的尋找方法--所以他們

make bigger saccades, bigger eye movements,

做出更大的囊狀動作，更大的眼球運動。

and shorter fixations on  the image. So, it’s almost

和較短的固定在影像上的時間。所以，這幾乎是

like they’re getting much more of a kind of

gist level view of the thing they’re looking at.

他們正在看的東西的要點級視圖。

Rebecca’s experiments seem to confirm that

麗貝卡的實驗似乎證實了這一點

artists’ brains work differently because of their

藝術家的大腦工作方式不同，因為他們的

processing of the visual world – the way

Interestingly, processing also means the act

有趣的是，加工也意味著以下行為

of developing pictures from photographic film.

從攝影膠片上衝洗照片的過程。

When they draw, artists make bigger, quicker

當他們畫畫時，藝術家會做出更大、更快

eye movements so they are able to see the

the gist – the overall, general impression of

something without focussing on the details.

If you ‘get the gist’ of what someone is saying,

如果你 "理解 "了某人所說的要點。

you understand the overall meaning of what

about the artistic brain is Mike, a BBC World

關於藝術的大腦，是BBC世界的麥克。

來自馬拉威的服務聽眾。麥克是

一個自學成才的畫家，創作了大型的。

在他的工作室裡，五顏六色的圖片。

According to him, artistic ability isn’t something

you’re born with - it can  be learned, as he explained

正如他所解釋的那樣，這是你與生俱來的能力--它可以被學習。

I had this other student… he was really

at the zero, like, he could not draw – at all.

在零點，就像，他不能畫畫--根本不能。

So, I gave him some tips, and in a month,

所以，我給了他一些提示，在一個月後。

he was really good – he was like really surprised,

他真的很好--他好像真的很驚訝。

So, there are some things that are trainable,

是以，有些事情是可以訓練的。

it’s like a bike. In my case, I learned how to do

這就像一輛自行車。就我而言，我學會了如何做

you know like, if you are drawing the face,

你知道的，比如，如果你在畫臉。

the human face, the distance between your eyes

Mike gives tips to his students – helpful

邁克給他的學生提供提示--有幫助

pieces of advice about how to do something,

in this case, to paint. After getting Mike’s

在這種情況下，要畫畫。在得到邁克的

tips, one of his students really improved and

技巧，他的一個學生真的改善了，並且

blown away – an informal way to say very

驚呆了--一種非正式的說法是非常

Like learning to ride a bike, Mike thinks that

就像學習騎自行車一樣，邁克認為

painting is trainable – a word from American

繪畫是可以訓練的--來自美國的一個詞

artists’ brains are not so different after all.

藝術家的大腦畢竟不是那麼不同。

So, there we have it – two different options,

是以，我們有了--兩種不同的選擇。

但對我們的問題沒有最終答案。

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