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People with a high IQ are considered to be smarter—but do they also have quirks in the way that their brains process information that gives them an advantage?
人們普遍認為高智商的人比較聰明——但是他們大腦處理信息的方式給他們帶來優勢的同時也會造成怪癖嗎？
Well, recent research finds that when subjects in a study were asked to observe objects in motion, those with a high IQ automatically focused their attention more efficiently than people who score lower on IQ tests. The research is published in the journal Current Biology.
近來的研究發現，當受試者被要求觀察運動的物體時，那些高智商的受試者能夠自動集中注意力，且比那些智商得分低的受試者更高效。這項研究發表在《當代生物學》期刊上。
Participants watched video snippets of black vertical lines that took up a small section of the screen and that moved either to the left or right. The high IQ subjects spotted the direction of motion much faster than those with low IQ. Which is not a surprise.
參與者觀察視頻片段的黑色豎線，這些黑色豎線只占屏幕很小一部分，且豎線在向左或向右移動。高智商的受試者辨認出移動方向的速度比低智商的受試者更快。這并不讓人感到吃驚。
But when the vertical lines took up much more of the screen those with a high IQ actually were slower to tell the direction of movement than the lower IQ subjects. The researchers think that this slowness actually represents a benefit of high intelligence—smarter people may automatically focus less well on large scenes that are likely to be background in favor of the perception of smaller details. Of course, if you're looking for someone really good at seeing moving black and white lines, ask a lion tracking a zebra.
但當豎線占據屏幕更多位置時，高智商的受試者在辨別移動方向時實際上比低智商者要慢。研究人員認為這種慢代表高智商的一個好處——聰明的人也許不太善于注意大規模場景或背景，這樣就有利于感知更小的細節。當然，如果你在尋找十分善于觀察移動的黑白相間的條紋的人時，那就去讓獅子追趕斑馬吧。
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