New research suggests the brain regards creepy music as even more frightening when eyes are closed rather than open.
新研究認為，閉眼會比張著眼讓大腦覺得恐怖音樂更嚇人。
A lot of times people like to close their eyes while listening to music to feel more immersed in it, said neuroscientist and psychiatrist Talma Hendler. Intriguingly, she noted that past studies revealed that closing one’s eyes could alter one’s brain waves.
人們常閉眼聽音樂以更融入其中，神經學和心理學家韓德勒說。有意思的是，她指出，過去研究已經顯示，閉上眼會改變一個人的腦波。
Scientists had 15 volunteers listen with their eyes open or closed to music clips with scary "Hitchcock-like, frightening themes," Hendler said, as well as comparatively emotionally neutral melody-less musical tones.
韓德勒說，科學家找了15名志願者閉眼或張眼聽「希區考克式、駭人調性的」恐怖音樂片段，以及聆聽比較平淡、無旋律的樂聲。
As expected, the researchers found that closing one’s eyes enhanced the responses the volunteers felt toward the more emotionally charged scary music. Brain scans revealed that activity ramped up in the amygdala, a primary center for emotion in the brain. In turn, the amygdala fired up brain regions linked with vigilance to the environment and regulation of emotion.
一如預期，研究人員發現，閉上眼睛會強化志願者對充滿情緒性的恐怖樂聲的反應。腦部掃描揭露，大腦主司情緒的杏仁核活動增加，結果激發了與環境警覺性和情緒控制有關的腦部區域。
These findings were not seen when volunteers were placed in complete darkness with their eyes open. This suggests these effects are not related to vision alone.
這種情況並未在志願者張眼處於全黑環境時出現，表示這些作用不是單獨與視覺有關。
新聞辭典
creepy：形容詞，恐怖的、陰森的。例句：That creepy house is deemed being haunted.（那棟陰森的房子被認為鬧鬼。）
ramp up：動詞片語，提升、增加。例句：We have to ramp up our production capability to meet the competition.（我們得提升產能以因應競爭。）
immerse：動詞，使沉浸於。例句：Peter immerses himself in his research the whole life.（彼得這輩子都埋首他的研究。）
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