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囧研究吃鸡蛋让人变大方

If you are looking for a loan, serving your bank manager breakfast might just do the trick.

如果你想要贷款，请银行经理吃个早餐说不定能帮你忙。

A compound found in eggs makes people much more generous, new research suggests.

最新研究表明，鸡蛋里含有的某种复合物会使人们变得更加慷慨大方。

Scientists say that tryptophan, an amino acid found in some foods, can change our behaviour.

科学家称，一些食物中所含的一种叫做色氨酸的氨基酸能够改变人们的行为。

In experiments they found that consuming a small portion of tryptophan - the equivalent of that found in three eggs - doubled the sum volunteers gave to charity.

研究者们通过实验发现，摄入少量色氨酸(大概是三个鸡蛋中所含该物质的含量)能够使被试捐款人的捐款数目增加一倍。

Eggs and other foods such as fish and milk are rich in tryptophan, an amino acid that is converted in the body into the feel-good chemical serotonin.

鸡蛋、鱼、牛奶等都富含色氨酸，色氨酸能在人体内转化为让人感到愉快的化学物质5-羟色胺。

Psychologists from Leiden University in the Netherlands, writing in the Frontiers in Psychology journal, said: ‘For the first time, we investigated whether the administration of a compound contained in food such as fish, eggs, soy, and milk can promote charitable donating.