First, there's a reduction in gray matter.

第一，大脑质减少。

But patients with schizophrenia lose a lot more gray matter.

但精神分裂症患者会失去更多质。

This gray matter reduction coincides with an increase in white matter.

质减少同时，白质正在增加。

But why? Does flexing the old gray matter somehow buffer against age-related intellectual impairment?

但原因何在呢？收缩老质会缓解年龄引起智力损坏吗？

And we know that gray matter is more responsible for people's math skills.

我知道，质主要负责数学技能。

More gray matter allows for more complex cognitive developments and more development means a higher IQ.

质越多，认知发展就越复，发展越多，智商就越高。

In our brains, we have two main tissues: one is white matter. The other is gray matter.

一白质。另外一质。

Imaging studies show that white and gray matter volumes undergo drastic changes during adolescence, and continuing through your twenties.

影像研究表明白质量和质量会在青春期发生剧烈变化，并将持续到 20 多岁。

Specifically, researchers looked at changes to gray matter, the darker-colored tissue that's mostly on the surface of the brain.

具体来说，研究员观察质变化，这一主要位于大脑表面深色组织。

Adopting a new language leads to a higher concentration of gray matter in both the hippocampus and the frontal lobe.

采用一新语言会导致海马体和额叶质浓度增加。

Like maybe a bit of your gray matter?

就像你质一样？

The gray matter is a very important brain area.

质一个非常重要大脑区域。

Their brains had less gray matter.

他大脑质较少。

The brain has not yet revealed its mysterious mechanism of gray matter.

大脑尚未揭示其质神秘机制。

It's called gray matter but that's just because it's out of the head.

它被称为质，但这只因为它在大脑之外。

Brain development involves two trajectories. First, there is a reduction in gray matter.

大脑发育涉及两条轨迹。首先，质减少。

They wreak havoc on the gray matter of the brain, leaving it looking like a deformed sponge.

它对大脑质造成严重破坏，使其看起来像一块变形海绵。

In American English, guilt or sadness is often expressed by the symbol of ashes – the gray matter left over from a fire.

在美式英语中，内疚或悲伤通常用烬象征来表达——烬火后留下质。

The active twins had more gray matter (the information processing part of the brain), particularly in areas that control balance.

活跃双胞胎有更多质（大脑信息处理部分），特别在控制平衡区域。

Like, people with BPD often have lower activity in regions of their frontal lobe, as well as lower gray matter volume and density there.

例如，边缘型格障碍患者额叶区域活动通常较低，那里质体积和密度也较低。