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科普阅读:你的高尔夫球杆有没有沾到高手"仙气"

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Subjects who thought their putter had been owned by a pro golfer putted better than others using the same putter without being told its pedigree. Amy Kraft reports It takes lots of practice to shave strokes off your golf score. Or you can just really believe in your putter. Because a new study finds that people putted better when told that their putter had been used by a pro golfer.

要打出漂亮的高尔夫球少不了勤加练习,除非你绝对信任你的推杆。一项新研究发现,业余者如果听说他们的推杆是职业高尔夫手挥过的,就会击出更好的球。

The finding illustrates what’s called positive contagion: the belief that beneficial properties can be transferred to an object. The research is in the journal Public Library of Science ONE.

难道说好运还能传染?确实有研究表明物体能从人身上吸引一些好的特质传给其他人。这项研究发表在《公共科学图书馆·综合》杂志上。

Forty-one college students with golf experience were divided into two groups. One group heard that the putter they would use had been owned by golf pro Ben Curtis. The others got the same putter, but without the story. Before putting, everyone also was asked to draw a circle the size of the hole. The subjects who thought their putter was touched by greatness drew the hole bigger. All participants then took ten putts. And the ones who thought they had Curtis’s stick sank an average of one and a half more putts than did those with no such beliefs. Of course, it’s possible that they golfed better because they had such a good lie.

该研究把41名有打高尔夫球经验的大学生分为两组,第一组被告知他们将要用的推杆是一流高尔夫球手柯蒂斯用过的,第二组用的推杆其实和第一组的一样,只是他们以为自己用的是普通的推杆挥杆之前,两组选手都被要求画一个和球洞一样的圆圈,以为自己握了高手球杆的选手画的圈圈更大。随后每组选手都推了10杆球,那些认为沾到柯蒂斯“仙气”的选手平均推多1.5个球入穴。所以说积极的自欺欺人或许能带来好成绩。

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stick [stik]

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n. 枝,杆,手杖
vt. 插于,刺入,竖起<

 
score [skɔ:]

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n. 得分,刻痕,二十,乐谱
vt. 记分,刻

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shave [ʃeiv]

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n. 修面,刮胡子
vt. 修面,剃,擦过,消

 
touched [tʌtʃt]

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adj. 受感动的 adj. 精神失常的

 
beneficial [.beni'fiʃəl]

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adj. 有益的,有利的

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contagion [kən'teidʒən]

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n. 传染病,接触传染,蔓延

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circle ['sə:kl]

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n. 圈子,圆周,循环
v. 环绕,盘旋,包围

 


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