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篇章：常用外語思維讓你更聰明
Got a difficult decision to make? Why not mull it over auf deutsch?
面臨艱難的抉擇?為什么不試試用德語來思考?
A new study suggested that people are prone to make more sound, less risky decisions if they are thinking in a language other than their native tongue。
一項新的研究結果顯示，當人們用母語之外的語言思考的時候，往往更能做出理智而非輕率的決定。
The series of experiments, conducted by Boaz Keysar of the University of Chicago, led the scientists to believe that using a foreign language reduces decision-making bias, Dr Keysars team wrote。
美國芝加哥大學的寶姿凱莎教授帶領其學生進行了相關研究，他們的研究成果向科學界證實如凱莎教授的研究團隊在發表的文章中所述使用外語能夠減少決策過程中的母語偏見。
Their findings, published in an April 18 Psychological Science study, say that human reasoning is shaped by both systematic, rational ideas, and another thats emotionally-charged and rapid。
他們的研究報告刊登在4月18日的《心理科學研究》中，報告指出，人的邏輯思維分成兩個部分，其一是系統的、理性的思維，另一種是情感充裕、迅速的思維。
The team gathered 54 UC students who knew Spanish as a second language to place bets on a coin toss。
研究團隊對芝加哥大學內54名以西班牙語為第二語言的學生進行了調查，參加實驗的學生被要求參加猜硬幣正反面的游戲。
Each student was given $15 in dollar bills, and could bet $1 at a time on either heads or tails. If they bet and won, they could win $1.50, and lost nothing if they did not bet。
每名參與調查的學生都有15美元可下注，每次用1美元猜拋出的硬幣是正面還是反面。如果他們猜對了，就可以贏得1.5美元。如果他們不下注，就不會損失任何錢。
When they were given the experiment in English, the students acted narrow-mindedly, and took the bet only about half of the time。
當這些學生們在實驗過程中說英語的時候，他們思路狹窄，在游戲中有一半的時間內并沒有下注。
But when the same students heard instructions in Spanish, they bet 74 per cent of the time。
但是當研究者們用西班牙語講述游戲規則的時候，這些參與調查的學生在游戲74%的時間里都愿意下注。
The conclusion, then, these scientists believe, is that thinking in a foreign language distances people from snap emotional decisions, allowing decisions to be more logical。
研究者們相信，這項實驗證明，使用外語思考能夠避免人們在做決定時感情用事，過于輕率，從而使人們做出更符合邏輯的決定。
The hope, they wrote, is that people can think in foreign languages to make more prudent financial and economic decisions。
研究人們表示，他們希望人們在進行金融和經濟方面的決策時，通過運用外語思考來做出更理智的決定。
篇章：常用外語思維讓你更聰明
Got a difficult decision to make? Why not mull it over auf deutsch?
面臨艱難的抉擇?為什么不試試用德語來思考?
A new study suggested that people are prone to make more sound, less risky decisions if they are thinking in a language other than their native tongue。
一項新的研究結果顯示，當人們用母語之外的語言思考的時候，往往更能做出理智而非輕率的決定。
The series of experiments, conducted by Boaz Keysar of the University of Chicago, led the scientists to believe that using a foreign language reduces decision-making bias, Dr Keysars team wrote。
美國芝加哥大學的寶姿凱莎教授帶領其學生進行了相關研究，他們的研究成果向科學界證實如凱莎教授的研究團隊在發表的文章中所述使用外語能夠減少決策過程中的母語偏見。
Their findings, published in an April 18 Psychological Science study, say that human reasoning is shaped by both systematic, rational ideas, and another thats emotionally-charged and rapid。
他們的研究報告刊登在4月18日的《心理科學研究》中，報告指出，人的邏輯思維分成兩個部分，其一是系統的、理性的思維，另一種是情感充裕、迅速的思維。
The team gathered 54 UC students who knew Spanish as a second language to place bets on a coin toss。
研究團隊對芝加哥大學內54名以西班牙語為第二語言的學生進行了調查，參加實驗的學生被要求參加猜硬幣正反面的游戲。
Each student was given $15 in dollar bills, and could bet $1 at a time on either heads or tails. If they bet and won, they could win $1.50, and lost nothing if they did not bet。
每名參與調查的學生都有15美元可下注，每次用1美元猜拋出的硬幣是正面還是反面。如果他們猜對了，就可以贏得1.5美元。如果他們不下注，就不會損失任何錢。
When they were given the experiment in English, the students acted narrow-mindedly, and took the bet only about half of the time。
當這些學生們在實驗過程中說英語的時候，他們思路狹窄，在游戲中有一半的時間內并沒有下注。
But when the same students heard instructions in Spanish, they bet 74 per cent of the time。
但是當研究者們用西班牙語講述游戲規則的時候，這些參與調查的學生在游戲74%的時間里都愿意下注。
The conclusion, then, these scientists believe, is that thinking in a foreign language distances people from snap emotional decisions, allowing decisions to be more logical。
研究者們相信，這項實驗證明，使用外語思考能夠避免人們在做決定時感情用事，過于輕率，從而使人們做出更符合邏輯的決定。
The hope, they wrote, is that people can think in foreign languages to make more prudent financial and economic decisions。
研究人們表示，他們希望人們在進行金融和經濟方面的決策時，通過運用外語思考來做出更理智的決定。
