研究：精神病人可成为最好的证券投资者

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<STRONG>< style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5><FONT color=#660000><STRONG>摘要：</STRONG> Such an advert will not be appearing in the world&#39;s newspapers any time soon, but it may have a ring of truth after research revealed the best wheeler-dealers could well be "functional psychopaths". 美国科学家最近公布的一项研究结果显示，机能性精神病患者可以成为出色的赚钱高手。</FONT> </FONT></P>< style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>Such an advert will not be appearing in the world&#39;s newspapers any time soon, but it may have a ring of truth after research revealed the best wheeler-dealers could well be "functional psychopaths". </FONT></P>< style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>A team of U.S. scientists has found the emotionally impaired are more willing to gamble for high stakes and that people with brain damage may make good financial decisions, the Times newspaper reported on Monday. </FONT></P><P style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>In a study of investors&#39; behaviour 41 people with normal IQs were asked to play a simple investment game. Fifteen of the group had suffered lesions on the areas of the brain that affect emotions. </FONT></P><P style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>The result was those with brain damage outperformed those without. </FONT></P><P style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>The scientists found emotions led some of the group to avoid risks even when the potential benefits far outweighed the losses, a phenomenon known as myopic loss aversion. </FONT></P><P style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>One of the researchers, Antione Bechara, an associate professor of neurology at the University of Iowa, said the best stock market investors might plausibly be called "functional psychopaths." </FONT></P><P style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>Fellow author, Baba Shiv of Stanford Graduate School of Business said many company chiefs and top lawyers may also show they share the same trait. </FONT></P><P style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>"Emotions serve an adaptive role in speeding up the decision-making process," said Shiv. </FONT></P><P style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>"However, there are circumstances in which a naturally occurring emotional response must be inhibited, so that a deliberate and potentially wiser decision can be made." </FONT></P><P style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>美国科学家最近公布的一项研究结果显示，机能性精神病患者可以成为出色的赚钱高手。 </FONT></P><P style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>据路透社9月19日报道，近日，一群美国科学家组成的研究团队发现，大脑受过损伤的人往往能在金融投资方面做出出色的决策。 </FONT></P><P style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>在这项针对投资者行为所做的研究中，科学家首先要求41位智商正常的人进行一个简单的投资游戏，其中有15人的大脑内掌管情感的区域曾受到过伤害。测试的结果是，这15人的表现要强于那些大脑正常的人。 </FONT></P><P style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>参与此项研究的美国依阿华大学神经病学副教授安提奥尼·贝卡拉认为，机能性精神病患者可能是股票市场上的最佳投资者。美国斯坦福大学商学院巴巴·西夫教授说，在人们快速做出决定的过程中，情感往往会起到让他的思维迁就客观现实的作用。在有些情况下，人们必须努力抑制住某些情感反应，这样才能做出考虑周全且更为高明的决策。 </FONT></P><P style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>（国际在线独家资讯 张咏） </FONT></P><P style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><FONT size=5>本稿件为国际在线专稿，媒体转载请注明稿件来源和译者姓名。 <BR></FONT><!--竞价推广位--></P></STRONG><p>［此帖子已被 逍遥 在 2005-9-22 23:56:26 编辑过］