歌词与中文翻译
狗在实验室里通常不会太放松
Dogs are usually not relaxed in a lab environment,
但通过一些安抚和大量训练，它们可以被调教成即使在MRI扫描仪里也坐着不动
but with a little petting and lots of treats they can be trained to sit still even in an MRI scanner.
这就是匈牙利罗兰大学的研究人员能够在工作中获取它们大脑图像的方法
That’s how researchers in Hungary’s ELTE University were able to get images of their brains at work.
研究人员阿蒂拉.安迪斯(Attila Andics)表示，这有助于他们更好地理解狗与人类的关系
Research fellow says it helped them better understand the dogs’ relationship with humans.
“我们很久以前就知道狗和人有着相似的社会环境
“We have known for a long time that dogs and humans share similar social environment,
但现在我们的研究成果表明狗和人也有类似的大脑机制来处理社会信息"
but now our results show that dogs and humans also have similar brain mechanisms to process social information,"
在训练了11只狗，让扫描它们的大脑时保持不动后
After training 11 dogs to stay motionless while their brains were scanned,
研究人员检查它们对约200种情绪相关声音的神经反应
the researchers checked their neurological responses to about 200 emotionally relevant sounds,
从哀鸣、哭泣到玩闹时的狗叫声和笑声
from whining and crying to playful barking and laughing.
然后与人类受试者的反应作比较
They then compared the responses from human subjects.
他们发现了惊人的相似之处
They found striking similarities.
安迪斯表示这为研究开辟了新的可能性
Andics says it opens new possibilities for research.
“它为比较神经科学的一个新分支奠定了基础
“It establishes a foundation of a new branch of comparative neuroscience,
因为直到现在，还不可能在单个实验中检测非灵长类动物
because until now it was not possible to measure the brain activities of a non-primate
和灵长类动物的大脑活动”
and the primate brain in a single experiment,"
北卡罗莱纳杜克大学也在研究犬科动物的大脑
The canine mind is also being studied at Duke University, in North Carolina.
犬类认知中心的联合主任埃文·麦克莱恩(Evan MacLean)
Co-Director of the school's Canine Cognition Center, Evan MacLean,
表示匈牙利的研究成果是向前迈出的重要一步
says that the Hungarian results are an important step forward.
“我们早就知道狗与人类在有很多行为上的相似之处
“We’ve known for a long time that dogs have a lot of behavioral similarities compared to humans.
但是我们不知道，或者说知道的很少
But we don’t know anything or very little at least about
这些行为中在狗的大脑中是否表现得相似
whether some of these behaviors are represented similarly inside the brain of the dog,
"所以这项研究提供了这些行为相似性是否被相似的神经过程所强调的第一个线索
so this research is providing a first glimpses to whether these behavioral similarities are underlined by similar neural processes,"
这告诉一般的狗主人，这位匈牙利科学家表示
And what that tells ordinary dog owners, the Hungarian scientists say,
应该把狗狗作为朋友对待，而不仅仅是动物
is to treat your canine companions as friends, not mere animals,
因为很显然，它们能理解人类的感情
because they evidently understand human feelings.