1944年二战荷兰饥荒期间仍在子宫中的婴儿,在智力测试中的表现比同龄人差,哪怕出生后60多年也一样。
Babies who were in the uterus during the 1944 Dutch famine of World War II did worse on mental tests than those of similar ages even 60 years later.
虽然人们此后可以通过锻炼而充分发挥这些潜能,但无论这种来自社会的改造工程有多大,都无法从根本上把千差万别的心智机能修复得平平整整,毫无差异,而最终实现智力上的完全平等。
Although subsequent experience shapes this potential, no amount of social engineering can make individuals with widely divergent mental aptitudes into intellectual equals.
“父亲年龄越大,他的孩子在智力测试中的表现就越差,”昆士兰大学首席研究员约翰·麦克格拉茨表示。
"The older a dad is, the worse his children tend to do in intelligence tests," said study leader John McGrath from the University of Queensland.
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