五官端正的男士精神健康
A new Piece of research suggests that men who have regular features are likely to stay in better mental shape1 throughout their lives.
一份新的研究報告稱五官端正的男士在其一生中精神狀況可能保持得更加良好。
Published in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour, the study compared reasoning and reaction time test scores with measurements of facial symmetry in 216 men and women studied since 1932.
這項研究發表在《進化與人類行爲》雜誌上，對比了自1932 年開始研究的216 位經過測量面部勻稱的男性和女性在測試推理和反應時間時的分數。
It found that facial symmetry in men – but not women – was linked to the effects of ageing on mental processes. George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Jude Law are all celebrities with high degrees of facial symmetry.
該研究發現男性的面部勻稱——但不包括女性——與精神活動的“老化”有關。喬治·克魯尼、布拉德·皮特和裘德·洛都是面部勻稱度高的明星。
Women may not show the same association because of genetic differences or the fact that they live four years longer than men on average, the scientists believe. Mental functions decline especially rapidly in the last four years before death.
科學家們認爲，女性沒有顯示出相同關聯可能是因爲遺傳差異或女性平均壽命比男性長4 年。精神功能衰退在死前的最後四年尤爲迅速。
According to the results, men with higher levels of facial symmetry, having faces with matching left and right sides, were less prone to mental decline between the ages of 79 and 83.
根據研究結果，男性的面部越勻稱——左半邊臉和右半邊臉對稱——在79 歲到83 歲之間精神就越不容易衰退。
Facial symmetry may be a reflection of stability in men, indicating fewer disturbances such as diseases, toxins, malnutrition or harmful genetic mutations during an individual’s development.
面部勻稱可能是男性穩定性的一個體現，說明在個人成長過程中較少有疾病、毒素、營養不良或有害的基因突變等問題的困擾。
“Previous research has suggested that cognitive decline is an aspect of body-wide ageing. This link could show that facial symmetry can be used as a marker which could predict this decline,” Dr Lars Penke, from the University of Edinburgh, who led the study, said.
主持這項研究的愛丁堡大學的拉斯·彭克博士說：“先前的研究已經表明認知水平下降是全身老化的一個方面。這個關係說明面部勻稱可以作爲預告這種“衰退”的一個標誌。”
Studies conducted in the past have already established associations between facial symmetry and general health and perceived attractiveness.
過去進行的研究已經確立了面部勻稱與健康狀況和感知吸引力的關係。
1. shape /Sep/ n . ( 尤指健康) 狀況；良好的身體狀況，健康。
