Middle-aged people "need sleep to see mental health benefits of exercise"

Middle-aged people

(

not getting enough sleep

)

are less likely to see the benefits

of exercise

(

when it comes to

protecting against a decline in skills such as memory and thinking

)

,

scientists have said.Researchers

from University College London (UCL)

found

(

that those in their 50s and 60s

(

who performed regular physical activities but slept less than six hours a night

)

had a faster

decline

in these skills

overall)

.The team found

(

that after a decade, their

cognitive functions

– such as attention, memory and learning – were

the same as

those

(

who did less physical activity

)

)

.

今日生詞/組：

when it comes to 當(dāng)談到;當(dāng)提到;說到;一談到 decline n. 減少，衰退 cognitive function n. 認(rèn)知功能 overall adv. 總的說來，大體上

the same as…… 固定句式，和……相同

譯文： 中年人“需要睡眠才能看到鍛煉對心理健康的好處”

科學(xué)家表示，睡眠不足的中年人在防止記憶力和思維能力下降方面不太可能看到鍛煉的好處。倫敦大學(xué)學(xué)院（UCL）的研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，那些50多歲和60多歲的人，如果經(jīng)常進(jìn)行體育活動，但每晚睡眠時間少于6小時，這些技能的整體下降速度更快。研究小組發(fā)現(xiàn)，十年后，他們的認(rèn)知功能——如注意力、記憶和學(xué)習(xí)——與那些體力活動較少的人相同。 來自衛(wèi)報（The Guardian）