创造型天才与精神病者共同之处多？

 According to conventional wisdom the line between genius and madness is a very thin one. Now a study suggests the line may be even more blurred¹ than previously² thought. 

传统观点认为天才和疯子只有一线之隔。如今有研究显示他们之间的界限比以前更模糊了。

The study, conducted by psychologists at De La Salle University in Manila, found creative people are indeed flawed. 

由马尼拉德拉萨大学的心理学家们开展的研究表明，创造型天才其实是有缺陷的。

According to the research led by Adrianne John Galang they are more likely to display antisocial traits such as dishonesty and risk taking. 

根据阿德里安娜?约翰?加朗带头开展的调查，他们更容易展现出像欺诈和冒险这样的反社会特性。

创造型天才与精神病者共同之处多？

Huffington Post reported that 503 participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire which could pick up individuals with psychopathic and narcissistic³ tendencies. A second study looked for indications of disinhibition, boldness and meanness among 250 college students. 

《赫芬顿邮报》报道称，有503位参与者填写了一份能找出精神病和自恋者的问卷。第二次研究则是在250位大学生中寻找抑制解除，冒失和吝啬的适应症。

The third study, involving 93 participants, tracked levels of excitement during gambling⁴ exercises from the amount of electricity conducted by their skin. 

第三次研究，则是在赌博游戏中，通过对93名参与者的皮肤进行电流测试，来追踪他们的兴奋程度。

According to the results, which were published in Personality and Individual Differences journal, psycopathic boldness is integral to some creative personalities⁵. 

发表在《个性与个体差异》杂志上的结果显示，精神病者冒失的特性是创造性人格产生的必要条件。

Creative people were found to show more psychopathic traits, such as boldness, the researchers concluded. 

研究者总结道：创造型的人会表现出更多的像冒失这样的精神病者的特性。

“Generally then, a creative field might not just shape a person into a more arrogant⁶ or dishonest personality, it might be actively⁷ selecting them, not for the sake of having disagreeable traits, but because such traits meaningfully co-vary with creativity itself.”

“总体来说，创造性不会只把人塑造成自大或虚伪的人格，它会活跃的进行选择，不是为了有一个不讨喜的性格，而是因为这样的性格会随着创造力一起变化。”

1 blurred   

v.（使）变模糊( blur的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）难以区分；模模糊糊；迷离

参考例句：

• She suffered from dizziness and blurred vision. 她饱受头晕目眩之苦。
• Their lazy, blurred voices fell pleasantly on his ears. 他们那种慢吞吞、含糊不清的声音在他听起来却很悦耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

3 narcissistic   

adj.自我陶醉的，自恋的，自我崇拜的

参考例句：

• In the modern vocabulary, it was narcissistic. 用时髦话说，这是一种自我陶醉狂。 来自辞典例句
• This is our Nielaoshi, a dwarf has also grown narcissistic teachers. 这就是我们的倪老师，一个长得又矮又自恋的老师。 来自互联网

4 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。

5 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

6 arrogant   

adj.傲慢的，自大的

参考例句：

• You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
• People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。

7 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。