A new study from researchers in Europe claims that the average IQ in Western nations dropped by a staggering 14.1 points over the past century.
据欧洲研究人员的一项最新研究显示,在过去一个世纪里,西方国家的平均智商下降了14.1分。
"We tested the hypothesis that the Victorians were cleverer than modern populations using high-quality instruments, namely measures of simple visual reaction time in a meta-analytic study," the researchers wrote in the study, which was published online in the journal Intelligence.
该项研究在期刊《Intelligence》上在线发表,研究人员写道:“我们对维多利亚时代的人比现代人更聪明这一假设进行了检验,使用的是一种高水平的研究工具--即简单视觉反应时间meta分析。”
"Simple reaction time measures correlate substantially with measures of general intelligence and are considered elementary measures of cognition."
“简单视觉反映时间的长短与一般智力测量有极大关系,被认为是测试认知的基本方法。”
The results might surprise some. Especially if the researchers were simply measuring visual response times.
而这项研究的结果却有些出人意料。尤其是如果研究人员只是简单地测量视觉反映时间的话。
After all, in a digital world constantly competing for our attention, it would seem people generally respond more quickly to visual stimuli. However, the results appear to indicate something different.
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