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我們能否從藝術作品中發現失智癥以及其它退化性疾病的跡象？研究人員詳盡分析瞭多名曾患神經疾病的藝術傢的作畫筆法。從一系列有趣的線索中可以看出，在藝術傢們表現出明顯的癥狀之前，其腦部就已經產生瞭變化。科學傢對這些作品進行瞭“分形分析”，這種數學方法探討的是在數學界和自然界中反復出現的固定模式。請聽 Dominic Hughes 的報道。
Researchers use a complex method called ‘fractal analysis‘ as a way of looking at recurring patterns in both maths and in nature. They include the recurring patterns of our brainwaves and heartbeats as well as the brushstrokes of artists, which are as distinct as individual handwriting.
A psychologist, Alex Forsythe from the University of Liverpool, carried out a fractal analysis of more than two thousand works by seven famous artists. Among those who developed dementia or Parkinson’s disease, such as Willem de Kooning and Salvador Dali, there was a significant change in the tiny patterns left by their brushstrokes decades before any obvious symptoms.
But for artists such as Picasso or Monet, who both died without developing any known neurological disorders, there was no alteration, regardless of style or subject matter.
詞匯表
fractal analysis 分形分析（數學研究術語）
recurring 反復出現的
brainwaves 腦電波
heartbeats 心跳
brushstrokes （作畫的）筆法
distinct 特征明顯的
carried out 執行瞭（計劃、研究或行動等）
developed 患（病）
neurological 神經系統的
disorders （精神或身體機能失調造成的）疾病
alteration 變化過程
subject matter （藝術作品的）題材
測驗
請聽報道並回答下列問題。
1. What’s the name of the method that researchers use to look at recurring patterns in both maths and nature?
2. How many artists’ works did the psychologist look at during his research?
3. True or false? There was a significant change in the patterns of Picasso’s brushstrokes, according to the text.
4. Which word in the text means ‘consisting of various interconnected parts’?
答案
1. What’s the name of the method that researchers use to look at recurring patterns in both maths and nature?
Fractal analysis.
2. How many artists’ works did the psychologist look at during his research?
The psychologist looked at more than two thousand works by seven famous artists during his research.
3. True or false? There was a significant change in the patterns of Picasso’s brushstrokes, according to the text.
False. According to the text, there was no such alternation in the works by artists such as Picasso or Monet, regardless of style or subject matter.
4. Which word in the text means ‘consisting of various interconnected parts’?
Complex.
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