免费代码营可能帮助您长寿 (Free Code Camp Might Help You Live Longer)

Since I started my web development journey with Free Code Camp, I’ve felt more awake, more alert, and able to process information at greater speeds. What I didn’t realize until recently is that coding there might actually help me live longer, too.

自从我通过Free Code Camp开始Web开发之旅以来，我感到更加清醒，更加警惕，并且能够更快地处理信息。直到最近我才意识到，在那里编码实际上也可以帮助我长寿。

There have been a lot of studies into dementia and Alzheimer’s — specifically regarding keeping one’s brain active and learning other languages, to which coding contributes.

关于痴呆症和阿尔茨海默氏症的研究很多，特别是关于保持大脑活跃和学习其他语言的研究，而编码对语言有贡献。

The primary term is “cognitive reserve” — the ability for your brain to functionally compensate for natural degeneration.

主要术语是“认知储备”，即大脑功能上补偿自然退化的能力。

“ Research indicates that people who have solid stores of cognitive reserve are generally less likely to exhibit the classic signs of dementia — short-term memory loss, difficulty multitasking. “
研究表明，拥有坚实的认知储备的人通常不太可能表现出痴呆症的经典征兆-短期记忆丧失，多任务处理困难。 “

So how could you improve cognitive reserve with coding?

那么，如何通过编码来提高认知储备呢？

Problem solving: Coding challenges your brain in different ways, forcing you to open new neural pathways. It increases efficiency, and improves your brain’s ability to work under challenging conditions. This means that if you suffer a brain injury, degenerative or otherwise, your brain is more likely to be able to function at a higher level afterwards.
问题解决 ：编码以不同的方式挑战您的大脑，迫使您打开新的神经通路。它可以提高效率，并提高您的大脑在严峻条件下的工作能力。这意味着，如果您遭受大脑退化，变性或其他形式的伤害，那么以后您的大脑更有可能能够发挥更高的功能。
Creativity: I’ve noticed a dramatic rise in my creativity and originality since I started to code. This creativity transcends my computer, too. My friends report that I’m coming up with more original ideas. This jives with a study that showed that there’s a link between “verbal creativity” and an increase in cognitive reserve.
创造力 ：自从我开始编写代码以来，我注意到我的创造力和独创性急剧上升。这种创造力也超越了我的计算机。我的朋友报告说，我提出了更多原始想法。这项研究表明，“语言创造力”与认知储备的增加之间存在联系。
Opening new possibilities: Coding has opened my mind to endless creative possibilities. The creative process with coding is similar to when I studied my degree in anthropology and realized that the representations of culture around the world were infinitely varied. So too are the possibilities with code. This is opening up parts of my brain that I haven’t used for a long time, and could be improving my cognitive reserve.
打开新的可能性 ：编码使我对无限的创造可能性敞开心mind。编码的创作过程类似于我学习人类学学位的过程，当时我意识到世界各地的文化代表千差万别。代码的可能性也是如此。这打开了我很久没有使用过的大脑部分，并且可能会改善我的认知储备。

双语 (Bilingualism)

There have been a multitude of studies showing that bilingualism can increase cognitive reserve. When processing a new language, older languages become activated to some degree in order to process new ones. This functional interaction produces more gray and white matter in the brain, leading to increased cognitive reserve. But can we assume that coding languages are the same?

大量研究表明双语可以增加认知储备。在处理新语言时，较旧的语言在某种程度上被激活以便处理新语言。这种功能性相互作用会在大脑中产生更多的灰色和白色物质，从而导致认知储备的增加。但是我们可以假设编码语言是相同的吗？

A study from the University of Passau involved conducting brain scans on 17 volunteers while they read source code. They found that programming languages and natural languages activated the same parts of the brain, and in similar ways.

帕绍大学的一项研究涉及在17名志愿者阅读源代码时对其进行脑部扫描。他们发现编程语言和自然语言以相似的方式激活了大脑的相同部分。

Increasing your cognitive reserve not only reduces risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia, it has also been shown to have an effect on incidence of vascular injury, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury, HIV, and multiple sclerosis. You’re not just stopping dementia by coding — you are having an effect on many other ailments.

增加您的认知储备不仅可以减少阿尔茨海默氏症和痴呆症的风险，而且还显示出它对血管损伤，帕金森氏病，脑外伤，HIV和多发性硬化症的发病率有影响。您不仅可以通过编码来阻止痴呆症，还可以影响许多其他疾病。

为什么选择FreeCodeCamp？ (Why FreeCodeCamp?)

So why have I specifically referenced Free Code Camp? I feel that their open source curriculum is more independent than any other I have tried, which simply leads me to use more brain matter than others. This should increase my cognitive reserve even more.

那么，为什么我要专门引用“ 免费代码营”呢？我觉得他们的开源课程比我尝试过的任何其他课程都更加独立，这直接导致我比其他人使用更多的大脑知识。这应该会进一步增加我的认知储备。

With Free Code Camp, I’m not merely watching videos or reading tutorials — I’m creating entire projects from a blank canvas, such my recent Weather App.

借助Free Code Camp，我不仅在观看视频或阅读教程，而且还在空白画布上创建整个项目，例如最近的Weather App 。

Next time you’re struggling, beavering away at a second coding language, or simply learning some new grammar or syntax in your first, don’t dismay. It could save your life.

下次当您在苦苦挣扎，精疲力竭地使用第二种编码语言，或者只是在第一次学习一些新的语法或语法时，请不要沮丧。它可以挽救您的生命。

Originally published on Chris Phillips’ blog.

最初发表在克里斯·菲利普斯(Chris Phillips)的博客上。