来源：《今日心理学》
原文刊登日期：2022年3月8日
One of the hardest things about the Covid-19 pandemic is that it has limited our ability to pursue new experiences. The loss of engagement in our usual environments can undoubtedly endanger mental health, but those who have been able to immerse themselves in new hobbies, goals, or even walking routes have found the activities to be beneficial and refreshing.
新冠大流行最困难的一点是，它限制了我们追求新体验的能力。在日常环境中失去参与度无疑会危及心理健康，但那些能够沉浸在新爱好、目标甚至步行路线中的人发现，这些活动是有益的，让人耳目一新。
Research shows that experiential diversity—going to new places and engaging in different experiences—can improve well-being. This principle is intuitive: Most of us would agree that going on vacation, or just finding different activities to do every day, makes us happier.
研究表明，体验的多样性——去新的地方，参与不同的体验——可以提高幸福感。这个原则符合直觉：我们大多数人都会同意去度假，或者只是每天找不同的活动来做，会让我们更快乐。
For a recent study, a team tracked the location of participants for three to four months via GPS coordinates to examine whether daily movement could serve as an accurate assessment of the link between experiential diversity and positive affect. Participants regularly checked in via their phones to report their positive or negative emotions. Geolocation scores were determined each day based on the number of places a participant visited and the amount of time spent there. At the end of the tracking, some participants took part in MRI scans to examine brain activity.
在最近的一项研究中，一个团队通过GPS坐标对参与者的位置进行了三到四个月的跟踪，以检验日常活动是否可以作为体验多样性和积极影响之间联系的准确评估。参与者定期通过手机报告自己的积极或消极情绪。地理位置评分是根据参与者每天访问的地方的数量和在那里停留的时间来确定的。在跟踪结束时，一些参与者参加了核磁共振扫描，以检查大脑活动。
As expected, positive emotions were higher on days when a participant’s geolocation score was greater, suggesting that daily novelty exposure is associated with well-being. The team also found that experiential diversity was associated not only with more positive emotions but also with more novel and diverse experiences the next day. In other words, it created a positive feedback loop, or “upward spiral,” that promoted further positive emotions. The MRI scans found that the degree to which the neural regions important for memory and processing of environmental novelty work together is associated with the relationship between experiential diversity and positive emotions.
正如预期的那样，当参与者的地理位置得分更高时，他们的积极情绪更高，这表明每天接触新鲜事物与幸福感有关。研究小组还发现，体验多样性不仅与更积极的情绪有关，而且与第二天更新奇和多样化的体验有关。换句话说，它创造了一个积极的反馈循环，或“向上螺旋”，进一步促进积极情绪。核磁共振成像扫描发现，对记忆和处理环境新颖性重要的神经区域协同工作的程度与体验多样性和积极情绪之间的关系有关。
Those who can engage in new and diverse experiences may enjoy lasting benefits. Devoting time to such activities, especially in different places, may deliver a significant upward spiral of good feeling.
那些能够从事新的和多样化的体验的人可以享受持久的好处。花时间在这些活动上，尤其是在不同的地方，可能会带来一种显著的向上螺旋式的良好感觉。