Genetics and education are often cited as the biggest influences on intelligence, but a new study claims that disease has far more sway on IQ than either of these。
据英国《每日邮报》9月7日报道,人们通常认为基因和受教育程度对人的智力影响最大,但一项新的研究表明,疾病对人智商的影响远远超过这两者。
Scientists from the University of New Mexico analyzed IQs across the United States and declared that exposure to infectious disease had a huge effect on brain power。
美国新墨西哥大学的科学家们通过分析美国人的智商,得出了这个结论:传染性疾病可对人类脑力产生巨大影响。

They say the reason for this is that humans – and especially children – devote a great deal of energy running their brains. If a disease crops up that diverts that energy, then intelligence inevitably suffers。
科学家称得出这个结论的原因是,人类,特别是儿童总是把大量能量投入到大脑运转上。如果疾病突发,它就会转移这种(运转大脑的)能量,那么智力必然就会受到损伤。
Writing in Scientific American, researcher Christopher Eppig said: "Infectious disease is a factor that may rob large amounts of energy away from a developing brain. The evidence suggests that infectious disease is a primary cause of the global variation in human intelligence."
研究员克里斯托弗·埃皮格在《科学美国人》上发表文章说:“传染病是夺取处于发育阶段的大脑能量的一个因素。有证据表明,传染病是致使人类智力整体发生变化的决定性因素。”
Mr. Eppig said: "The states with the five lowest averages IQ all have higher levels of infectious disease than the states with the five highest averages IQ."
埃皮格先生说:“与平均智商水平最高的五个州相比,智商水平最低的五个洲都存在较严重的传染性疾病。”
Eppig hopes his hypothesis will allow people wishing to help raise IQs around the globe to do so more efficiently。
埃皮格希望他的推断能更有效的帮助那些想提高智商的人。
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