新发现：乐观能够治感冒

You've probably heard it said that one's attitude affects one's health.


你可能听说过，一个人的态度会影响到他的健康吧？


Over three-hundred subjects were assessed in terms of their emotions for a two-week period. They were assessed for positive emotions they might be feeling, such as vigor, well-being, and calmness, as well as for negative emotions such as depression, anxiety, and hostility. Then they were each given a squirt in the nose of the virus that causes common colds.


在两周的时间里，300多人参与了关于情绪方面的评估测试。测试中涉及了对他们的积极情绪的评估，如活力，幸福感，和冷静；同时也涉及了对消极情绪的评估，如抑郁，焦虑，敌意。接下来，他们每个人都在鼻子上接受了一针感冒病毒的注射。


The interesting thing is that emotional states had no effect on whether or not subjects were technically infected with the virus, which is measured by evidence of replication of the virus in the subject's body.Emotional states did, however, affect the symptoms the virus manifested.


有趣的是，科学家们通过检测病毒在人们体内的复制情况时发现，情绪对人们是否感染病毒并没有作用。然而，情绪却能影响感冒外在症状的强弱。


People with more positive emotional states were less likely to suffer or complain about symptoms of the cold than people with negative emotional states. In addition, the relative health practices of positive vs. negative people did not account for this result.


情绪积极的人不像情绪消极的人表现得那样痛苦，抱怨也较少。除此之外，人们各自的身体锻炼状况与该实验结果也没有明显的联系。


So there really does seem to be a link between emotional state and illness.


看起来好像情绪状态和疾病之间真的有联系。