The black-white illustrations did not have good effects on either the reading index or the eye movement index.

无论阅读指标还是眼动指标，在本研究中黑白插图的效果都不好。

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Those with ring fingers longer than index fingers did better on the math part of a standardized test than the reading part.

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The New York-Based Conference Board reports that its consumer confidence index stands at 54.1, up from a revised 47.4 reading in July.

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Separately the Philadelphia Fed index number came in at 3.2 for July, over the expectations for a 2.0 reading and well above the -7.7 reading the index measured for June.

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The building sector was the most pessimistic with an index reading of 33, followed by the auto, retail and shipping sectors with index readings of 50 each.

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The Relative Strength Index reading has been around 70 lately, considered overbought in the short term.

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