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.
每名参与调查的学生都有15美元可下注,每次用1美元猜抛出的硬币是正面还是反面。如果他们才对了,就可以赢得1.5美元。如果他们不下注,就不会损失任何钱。
When they were given the experiment in English, the students acted narrow-mindedly, and took the bet only about half of the time.
当这些学生们在实验过程中说英语的时候,他们思路狭窄,在游戏中有一半的时间内并没有下注。
But when the same students heard instructions in Spanish, they bet 74 per cent of the time.
但是当研究者们用西班牙语讲述游戏规则的时候,这些参与调查的学生在游戏74%的时间里都愿意下注。
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.
研究者们相信,这项实验证明,使用外语思考能够避免人们在做决定时感情用事,过于轻率,从而使人们做出更符合逻辑的决定。
The hope, they wrote, is that people can think in foreign languages to make more prudent financial and economic decisions.
研究人们表示,他们希望人们在进行金融和经济方面的决策时,通过运用外语思考来做出更理智的决定。
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