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The research carried out by the University of Bari in Italy could help vindicate hospitals who are accused of wasting money on art and decor as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients overcomediscomfort and pain.
意大利巴里大学日前开展的一项研究表明，舒适愉悦的环境有助于减轻病人的痛苦。这一发现有力驳斥了认为医院不应该把钱浪费在艺术品装饰上的说法。
A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain Unit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli.
该研究由巴里大学“病理生理学病痛研究中心”的马莲娜·德·托马索教授领导的研究小组开展。研究人员让一组研究对象从达·芬奇和桑德罗·波提切利等著名画家的300幅画作中选出20幅他们认为最美丽或最难看的作品。
They were then asked to contemplate either the beautiful paintings， or the ugly painting， or a blank panel while the team zapped a short laser pulse at their hand， creating a sensationas if they had been pricked by a pin.
之后，研究人员让他们注视着这些最美丽或最难看的画作，或者一个空白的画板，而此时研究人员则用短激光脉冲照射他们的手，让他们有种刺痛感。
The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense while they were viewing the beautiful paintings， compared with when contemplating the ugly paintings or the blank panel.
结果发现，与注视着难看的画作或空白画板的人相比，看着美丽画作的人疼痛感减少了三分之一。
Electrodes measuring the brain's electrical activity also confirmed a reduced response to the pain when the subject looked at beautiful paintings.
此外，脑电波检测结果也表明，看着美丽画作的人对疼痛的反应会减慢。
While distractions， such as music， are known to reduce pain in hospital patients， Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part.