高中英语外刊阅读60篇（2021第二期）

命命命命命命 爱开快车追求刺激 竟与我们的基因有关? Introdution 最新的研究表明,爱开快车以及爱喝功能性饮料,可能是刻在我们DNA里的东西。本文选自 Psychology Today(2021.10.02) Driving fast and Loving Energy drinks May Be in Our Genes New research into the link between risk-taking behaviors in traffic, drivers who were ticketed for ex ceeding the speed limit, and energy drink consumption suggests that people who score higher on tests for impulse control disorders and aggressiveness are also more prone to driving fast and consuming energy drinks This innovative study was conducted by tonis Tokko and colleagues from Jaanus Harro's Lab at the University of Tartu. Their multifaceted findings are based on comprehensive longitudinal data from the Estonian Psychobiological Study of Traffic Behaviour combined with police databases, insurance re cords, psychometric questionnaires, and genetic testing We were able to pick out lots of associations between everyday risk-taking and risky driving. For example, we found that subjects who drink energy drinks at least once a week were twice as likely to speed as those who didn ' t drink energy drinks as often, "Tokko said in a news release We think the energy drink consumption may be related to a need for excitement, rather than the drinks themselves being a direct cause of traffic violations, he added. "Drivers underlying psychological makeup may lead them both to speed and to want to consume more energy drinks The cohort for this study included 817 drivers with about a 50/50 split between men and women (49.2% male, 50.8% female). Among this group 137 were considered"fast drivers"because they'd got- ten police citations for exceeding the speed limit. Compared to subjects with no speeding tickets in a five year period, speed limit exceeders tended to have faster reaction times, were more likely to pursue vigor ous physical activity, and drank energy drinks more frequently ∥ Translation 明,在冲动控制障碍和攻击性测试中得分较高的人,更容易开快车以及消费能量饮料。 这项创新性的研究是由 Tonis tokko和塔尔图大学 Jaanus harro实验室的同事们共同展开的。 他们基于爱沙尼亚交通行为心理生物学研究