胶州市2014高考英语文章阅读类训练(2)及答案或解析阅读理解Canyoubelieveyoureyes
Arecentexperimentsuggeststhattheanswertothatquestionmaydependonyourage
MartinDoherty,apsychologistattheUniversityofStirlinginScotland,ledtheteamofscientists
Inthisexperiment,Dohertyandhisteamtestedtheperception(观察力)ofsomepeople,usingpicturesofsomeorangecircles
Theresearchersshowedthesamepicturestotwogroupsofpeople
Thefirstgroupincluded151childrenaged4to10,andthesecondgroupincluded24adultsaged18to25
Thefirstgroupofpicturesshowedtwocirclesaloneonawhitebackground
Oneofthecircleswaslargerthantheother,andthesepeoplewereaskedtoidentifythelargerone
Four-year-oldsidentifiedthecorrectcircle79percentofthetime
Adultsidentifiedthecorrectcircle95percentofthetime
Next,bothgroupswereshownapicturewheretheorangecircles,againofdifferentsizes,weresurrounde