太过开心了记忆力反而不好?

Do you have trouble remembering names at parties? It may because your having too good a time.
在聚会上记住人的名字有困难吗? 这可能是因为你玩得太疯了。

Scientists researching the relationship between mood and the memory have found being in a good mood decreases your ability to retain information.
科学家研究心情跟记忆力的关系时发现好心情会使你记住信息的能力降低。

Elizabeth Martin, a doctoral student from the University of Missouri, led the latest study into working (immediate) memory.
密苏里大学的一个博士生Elizabeth Martin将这项最新研究引入工作（瞬时的）记忆。

She said of her findings: 'This explains why you might not be able to remember a phone number you get at a party when you are having a good time.
她从她的发现中说：“这就解释了当你在一个聚会上玩得很高兴的时候，你记不住一个电话号码。”

'This research is the first to show that positive mood can negatively impact working memory storage capacity. This shows that although systems in the brain are connected, it is possible to affect one process but not others.'
“这个研究首次证明了积极的情绪会对工作记忆存储能力产生负面影响。该研究表明尽管大脑中各个系统是连接的，但是它会影响一个过程而不是其他的过程。”

Researchers gauged study participants' mood before and after showing them one of two video clips. Some participants were shown a segment of a stand-up comedy routine, while others watched an instructional video on how to install flooring.
研究者测量了该研究参与者看这两个视频剪辑之一的前后心情。一些参与者看一段脱口秀节目，而其他人则看一段如何安装地板的教学视频。

Following the videos, those that viewed the comedy routine were in significantly better moods after viewing the video, while the mood of those that viewed the flooring video had not changed.
看着视频，那些看喜剧节目的人心情明显比没看之前好多了，而那些看安装地板的视频的人心情没有变化。After watching the videos, both groups completed a memory test. This test provides several numbers to a participant through headphones at a rate of four numbers per second.
看完视频后，两组人都进行一个记忆力测试。这个测试是通过耳机以每秒4个数字的速度给每个参与者提供一些数字。

After the recording stopped, participants were asked to recall the last six numbers in order. Those that watched the comedy routine and were in a better mood performed significantly worse on the task.
当录音停止的时候，要求参与者按顺序回想起最后6个数字。那些看喜剧节目的人心情更好但在这个测试中表现得更差。

However Ms Martin said: 'While working memory storage is decreased, being in a good mood is not all bad.
然而，Ms Martin说：“尽管工作记忆存储能力下降，但有一个好心情也并不是坏事。”

'Being in a good mood has been shown to increase creative problem-solving skills and other aspects of thinking.'
“拥有好心情可以增加创意解难能力和其他方面的想象能力。“

The doctoral student added that future research should analyse the impact of mood on working memory storage capacity in real life situations, such as in a classroom setting.
该博士生还称日后的研究应该分析现实生活（如在课堂环境）中心情对工作记忆存储能力影响。