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As the day wears on, we tend to get weary.
隨著一天中時間的慢慢流動，人們往往會顯露出疲態(tài)。
Now a study finds that as a result we may be more likely to cheat or lie in the afternoon than in the morning.
而現(xiàn)在的一項研究表明正是這一原因?qū)е孪啾壬衔纾覀兏锌赡茉谙挛珧_人或說謊。
But only if we're usually ethical to begin with.
但這僅適用于原本就品行較端正的人們。
Scientists showed volunteers patterns of dots on a computer and asked them to tell which side of the screen contained more dots, the right or left.
科學家展示給受試者們計算機上的圓點圖案，然后讓他們指出左邊還是右邊的屏幕包含更多圓點。
Here's the kicker: the researchers gave the subjects a higher reward if they selected the right side, even if it was incorrect.
重點在于:無論對錯，只要受試者們選擇右邊，研究人員就會給他們更高的獎勵。
And with this incentive, subjects were more likely to cheat in the afternoon than in the morning.
就在這種刺激之下，相比上午，受試者在下午更有可能出現(xiàn)欺騙行為。
In another experiment the scientists showed the subjects fragments of words, and asked them to complete the word.
而在另一項實驗中，科學家給受試者們一些單詞碎片并要求補全單詞。
For example, they might see the last three letters, R, A, L, of a five-letter word.
比如受試者們會看到一個最后三位字母為RAL的五字母單詞。
And surprisingly in the morning the participants tended come up with the word "moral" whereas in the afternoon the word of choice was “coral.”
而令人驚訝的是在上午受試者更容易想出道德準則（moral）這樣的答案，但在下午卻更容易萌生珊瑚（coral）這樣的答案。
The researchers also found that people who tend to cheat regularly were just as likely to do so in the morning as in the afternoon.
研究還發(fā)現(xiàn)，經(jīng)常有欺騙行為的人，在上午下午都有可能騙人。
It was the more ethical folks who suffered lapses as the day wore on.
也就是說，那些品行較好的人則會在下午犯錯。
So the early bird gets the worm…and the truth.
看來早起的鳥兒不僅有蟲吃，還可以享受真話。
