研究表明，快节奏的音乐可以提高运动时的身体表现

研究表明，快节奏的音乐可以提高运动时的身体表现

Listening to upbeat music while you exercise might improve your physical performance, a small new study has found.

一项小规模的新研究发现，在锻炼的同时听欢快的音乐可能会提高你的身体表现。

When women who were training heard pop songs with over 170 beats per minute, scientists say they began to put in more effort, especially during endurance activities, such as brisk walking, running or cycling.

当正在训练的女性听到每分钟超过170拍的流行歌曲时，科学家说她们开始更加努力，特别是在耐力训练中，如快走、跑步或骑自行车。

Meanwhile, music during short-burst activities, like weight-lifting and interval training, brought less of a performance boost, although it did seem to bring a bit of a benefit.

同时，在比如举重和间歇训练等短时间的爆发训练中，音乐带来的提升较少，尽管它似乎确实带来了一些好处。

"We found that listening to high-tempo music while exercising resulted in the highest heart rate and lowest perceived exertion compared with not listening to music," says physiologist Luca Ardigò of the University of Verona in Italy.

意大利维罗纳大学(University of Verona)的生理学家卢卡·阿迪格(Luca Ardigò)说：“我们发现，与不听音乐相比，在运动时听快节奏的音乐会导致最高的心率、最低的自感劳累。”

"This means that the exercise seemed like less effort, but it was more beneficial in terms of enhancing physical fitness."

“这意味着这项运动看起来不那么费力，但在增强体质方面却有益。”

It's important to note here that the study sample used by the researchers is quite small, including only 19 physically fit participants, all of whom were women. Nevertheless, the initial results join a growing body of research investigating the impact of music on physical performance.

这里需要注意的是，研究人员使用的研究样本非常小，其中只有19名身体健康的参与者，都是女性。尽管如此，最初的研究结果加入了一个越来越多的研究团体，研究音乐对身体表现的影响。

While the topic has fascinated psychologists and neuroscientists for decades, the evidence we have currently is still quite mixed.

几十年来，这个话题一直吸引着心理学家和神经科学家，但我们目前掌握的证据仍然相当复杂。

Some research suggests that music reduces our perceived exertion, increasing our enjoyment and enhancing performance. By either delaying fatigue or increasing work capacity, in certain cases, music is even said to work as a type of 'legal performance-enhancing drug'.

一些研究表明，音乐可以减少我们的自感劳累，增加愉悦感和提高我们的表现。在某些情况下，通过延缓疲劳或增加工作能力，音乐甚至被认为是一种“合法提高表现力的药物”。

But figuring out exactly what type of music is beneficial in which scenario is more difficult than it seems. There are so many subtle aspects and features to music, not to mention the complexities of human physiology.

但要弄清楚哪种类型的音乐在哪种情况下是有益的，比看起来更困难。音乐有许多微妙的方面和特征，更不用说人类生理的复杂性了。

The study was published in Frontiers of Psychology.

这项研究发表在《心理学前沿》上。