Susan Pinker: The secret to living longer may be your social life
苏珊 · 平克: 社交生活可能是长寿的秘籍
Susan Pinker reveals how in-person social interactions are not only necessary for human happiness but also could be a key to health and longevity. Full bio
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平均比男性多出六到八年。
of six to eight years longer than men do.
发表了一篇文章,
百岁及百岁以上的老人的数目
as many centenarians
where men live as long as women.
同寿的地方。
and the habits of the place,
人们生活习惯做一些调查,
25 percent of their longevity.
to live to 100 or beyond?
活到100岁甚至100岁以上呢?
is an aerial view of Villagrande.
维拉格兰德的鸟瞰图,
of the blue zone
建筑美景并不是它吸引人的地方,
is not its main virtue,
紧密联系着的。
constantly intersect.
在窗帘后、
of pairs of eyes watching me
没了大教堂,
without its walls, without its cathedral,
决定了它的设计风格。
defined its design.
towards the industrial revolution
随着我们进入工业革命改变了,
became the risk of the day.
is the public health risk of our time.
我们当下公共健康的主要风险。
now as a contrast
做一个对比吧
He's 102, a supercentenarian
是一位超长寿的长者
of the village of Villagrande.
on the forest floor
而是两次世界大战,
who also lived past 100,
in a small, homey kitchen
把六个孩子拉扯大的,
Angelo and Domenico,
Angelo和Domenico
and looking after their father,
还在照顾他们的父亲,
very suspicious of me and my daughter
on this research trip,
戒备。
to live to be 100 or beyond,
甚至百岁以上的原因吗?
就可以长命百岁的说法是个谎言。
to live a long life.
他盯着我看了一会,他吼道:
under hooded eyelids and he growled,
and looked after him
而失去的自由时,她说
this obvious loss of her freedom,
to interview these centenarians,
Sara带来了新鲜的果蔬。
to bring fresh fruits and vegetables.
人们逐渐变老的过程中,
by extended family, by friends,
酒吧吧主,杂铺店老板。
the barkeeper, the grocer.
to live solitary lives.
of the developed world,
loving, caring family in another city."
拥有一个充满爱和关怀的大家庭。”
how to make the local specialty,
还教我怎么做一种当地的特色美食,
with high-fat ricotta and mint
how to make just the right crimp
with her daughters every Sunday
送给邻居和朋友。
by the dozens to neighbors and friends.
a low-fat, gluten-free diet
to live to 100 in the blue zone.
along with the science that underpins them
其背后的科学
some questions too,
我要怎么推迟那一天的到来?
and how can I put that day off?
the answer is not what we expect.
答案并不是我们想象的那样。
at Brigham Young University
一名研究员,
aspect of their lifestyle:
sat tight and waited for seven years
of dying the most?
predictor to the strongest.
你们都可以不用有罪恶感了,
you can stop feeling guilty about this,
现在在恢复期和锻炼着
and you're in rehab and exercising,
更能保护我们的身体吗?
protects you more than doing exercise?
or if you did, whether you quit,
那么你是否戒掉了,
that you can call on for a loan
if you're not feeling well
if you're having an existential crisis,
将是你能活多久的最大的影响因子。
of how long you'll live.
social integration.
you interact with people
your weak and your strong bonds,
或生疏或熟络的人脉。
you're really close to,
伙计说话吗?
who every day makes you your coffee?
经过你家门前的女士聊过天吗?
by your house every day with her dog?
加入了读书俱乐部吗?
have a book club?
are one of the strongest predictors
than on any other activity,
其他任何活动都多的时间,
between interacting in person
通过短信保持联系。
with your kids through text, for example?
to the question is no,
不是
完整的级联神经递质
a whole cascade of neurotransmitters,
they protect you now in the present
你不会遭受病毒的侵扰。
eye contact with somebody,
与他人进行眼神交流,
which gives us a little high
给我们一种兴奋感
under our conscious radar,
都探测不到,
online activity with the real thing.
混淆为一物的原因。
fresh evidence,
最新的证据
at the University of Maryland,
一名神经科学家,
我们脑中产生的活动
when we interact in person
脑中的变化。
something that's static.
she compared the brain function
to the brain activity of people
她讲述着同一个话题的视频
about the same subject
同时塞进核磁共振仪的
in an MRI scanner at the same time,
on real social interaction.
is the difference in brain activity
and taking in static content.
大脑的这个区域是与注意力
that are associated with attention,
what somebody else is thinking
with a live partner.
from Fortune 500 companies
招募人员
read their pitches in a text, for example,
传达着丰富的信号
convey a rich signal.
我们的切身体会
简单计算得出的。
Business School
it tells us a simple thing.
它告诉了我们一个简单的道理。
is that women are more likely
她们与人的面对面关系,
their face-to-face relationships
可以抵抗疾病和衰退。
against disease and decline.
our primate relations as well.
shows that female baboons
其更不容易焦虑,
via their cortisol levels,
而且拥有更多存活下来的子孙。
more surviving offspring.
the lowest rates of dementia
to survive their disease than loners are.
是孤独者的四倍。
who meet regularly to play poker
by that social contact
who meet regularly --
powerful they can do.
provides stunning benefits,
他们没有可以诉说的人。
says they have no one to talk to.
是一种生物本能,
to know we belong,
在我们的城市,上班的地方
into our cities, into our workplaces,
传达感觉良好的荷尔蒙,
surging through the bloodstream and brain
is a matter of life and death.
I have a question for you.
我有个问题。
有没有一个适中的途径。
connecting when in face-to-face,
神经递质的释放,
in digital technology
and he's yelling at his friends.
一边对他的朋友大吼大叫,
are just emerging.
that the digital revolution happened
我们的数据刚获得不久
there are some improvements
是在手提电脑屏幕的最上方,
is at the top of the screen,
looking into the screen,
as even just looking into the camera
the position of the camera.
我们正在利用科技达到我们的目标。
we are getting closer with the technology.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Susan Pinker - Developmental psychologistSusan Pinker reveals how in-person social interactions are not only necessary for human happiness but also could be a key to health and longevity.
Why you should listen
In her award-winning book The Sexual Paradox, psychologist Susan Pinker argued that biological differences could play an unexpectedly large role in creating classroom, lifespan and workplace gender gaps. With The Village Effect, she tracks another current: how social, face-to-face interactions are critical not only for our happiness but also for our survival, and how technology can isolate us from these life-saving bonds. As she writes: "Neglecting to keep in close contact with people who are important to you is at least as dangerous to your health as a pack-a-day cigarette habit, hypertension or obesity."
In addition to her books, Pinker writes a column for the Wall Street Journal, "Mind and Matter," which illuminates surprising advances in human behavior research. Pinker’s numerous writings (including her weekly columns "Problem Solving" and "The Business Brain") have appeared in the Guardian, the New York Times and Financial Times, among many others.
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