Tuesday, April 05, 2005

[Critic] News - smarter on plane?

一名英國教授無意中發現人在飛機上會變得比平時聰明,日前又對700名飛機上的旅客做智力測驗,返回英國後將再對其中100人追蹤測試,以便兩相比較,印證在飛機上是否真的能提升智力。

香港媒體報導,英國教育心理學家馬特去年搭機飛往加拿大,在飛機上做IQ遊戲打發時光,發現自己的智商竟有152,他平時是137,於是半年來邀請50名學生搭飛機做智力測驗,馬特發現九成半的人智商明顯增加。

與馬特合辦對飛機上旅客測試智力的旅行社稱,搭飛機真能提升智力的話,日後許多會議都可在飛機上進行,也能為長途飛行增添商機。

澳洲及英國研究人員也發現,出生時較重嬰兒日後智商也越高,即使兄弟姊妹成長環境和家族因素相同,較重的還是比輕的聰明。

I don't agree witht the result of the study, at least not from what is presented in this article. There are lots of co-relation: we might be more focused when we are on a plane. Regardless the hours that we set for doing the IQ test, we always want to go somewhere and do something. It is very different when we are limited in a flight, because we know we are going to be stuck on the flight for at least X amount of hours.
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