只有少數人能堅持運動,科學家的話讓我驚呆了大綱

"Conserving energy has been essential for humans' survival, as it allowed us to be more efficient in searching for food and shelter, competing for sexual partners, and avoiding predators," explains neuroscientist Matthieu Boisgontier from the University of British Columbia.

英屬哥倫比亞大學的神經學教授Matthieu Boisgontier說：“保存能量對於人類的生存來講是至關重要的，因爲它讓我們在做各種事的時候都更有效率，比如尋找食物和住所、爭取性伴侶、躲避掠食者。”

In a new study, Boisgontier and his team tried to find out just how deeply rooted laziness is in our brains, by measuring our cognitive responses to different stimuli representing physical activity and sedentary behaviour.

在一項新的研究中，Boisgontier的團隊測量了我們對多種運動和靜止活動的認知反映，以圖研究懶惰在我們的大腦中到底紮根多深。

"The exciting novelty of our study is that it shows this faster avoidance of physical inactivity comes at a cost – and that is an increased involvement of brain resources," says Boisgontier.

Boisgontier說：“我們這次研究中最讓人興奮的發現是：爲了讓我們更快地迴避靜止行爲，我們的大腦消耗了更多腦力資源。”

"These results suggest that our brain is innately attracted to sedentary behaviours."

“這說明我們的大腦天生更青睞靜止行爲。”

"I try to fight this too. I would never take the elevator or escalator to go to the gym now, because I'm aware of this."

“我現在會試圖對抗這種本能。而由於我自己已經意識到了這點，我現在去健身房的時候就不會坐電梯了。”