时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:听美文故事记6级单词


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5. Smiles That Destroy the Myth of Female Intuition


The popular assumption that women’s powers of intuition exceed those of men has been overturned by a new study.


Psychologists who tested the abilities of more than 15,000 people to identify the sincerity 1 or otherwise of different smiles have concluded that female intuition is a myth.


Shown a series of pairs of images of individuals displaying real and fake smiles, men marginally outperformed women. When it came to judging genuine and false expressions of happiness in the opposite sex, male participants did significantly better than females.


Professor Richard Wiseman, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire, said:


"I was surprised, given that women had so much more confidence in their intuition. We thought women would be better but, overall, men just pipped them to the post."


 


These findings question the notion that women really are more intuitive than men. Some previous research has found evidence for female intiuition but perhaps,over time, men have become more in touch with their intuitive side.


Before studying the faces, participants were asked to rate their intuitive abilities.


More women defined themselves as highly intuitive - 77 per cent compared with just 58 per cent of men.


Dr Wiseman said: "This could be because women experience emotions more fully 2 and are more expressive 3. If men have a more limited emotional system, this may make it easier for them to fake it."



1 sincerity
n.真诚,诚意;真实
  • His sincerity added much more authority to the story.他的真诚更增加了故事的说服力。
  • He tried hard to satisfy me of his sincerity.他竭力让我了解他的诚意。
2 fully
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
3 expressive
adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的
  • Black English can be more expressive than standard English.黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
  • He had a mobile,expressive,animated face.他有一张多变的,富于表情的,生动活泼的脸。
学英语单词
-SELF, -SELVES endings
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