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A scientific team is studying the thinking ability of 11. 5monthold children. The test is a simple one. The baby watches a sort of show on a small stage. In Act One of the show, a yellow cube is lifted from a blue box, and moved across the stage. Then it is returned to the box. This is repeated 6 times. Act Two is similar except that the yellow cube is smaller. Baby boys do not react at all to the difference in the size of the cube. But girls immediately become excited. The scientists interpret the girls' excitement as meaning they are trying to understand what they have just seen. They are wondering why Act Two is odd and how it differs from Act One. In other words, the little girls are reasoning. This experiment certainly does not definitely prove that girls start to reason before boys, but it provides a clue that scientists would like to study more carefully. Already it is known that bones, muscles and nerves develop faster in baby girls. Perhaps it is early nerve development that makes some infant girls show more intelligence than infant boys. Scientists have also found that nature seems to give another boost to girls. Baby girls usually talk at an earlier age than boys do. Scientists think that there is a physical reason for this. They believe that the nerve endings in the left side of the brain develop faster in girls than in boys, and it is this side of the brain that strongly influences an individual' s ability to use language and remember things. |
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yī zǔ kē xué jiā zhèng zài yán jiū shí yí gè bàn yuè hái zi de néng lì. cè shì hěn jiǎn dān. hái zi men kàn zhe yí gè píng tái shàng de yī zǔ zhǎn shì. zài shǒu lún zhǎn shì zhōng, yí gè huáng sè de lì fāng tǐ cóng yí gè lán sè de hé zi zhōng shēng qǐ, chuān yuè zhěng gè píng tái, rán hòu huí dào hé zi lǐ. zhè gè dòng zuò huì chóng fù liù cì. dì èr lún zhǎn shì hé dì yī lún hěn xiāng xiàng, chú le huáng sè de lì fāng biàn xiǎo le. xiǎo nán hái men duì lì fāng tǐ de dà xiǎo biàn huà yì diǎn yě méi yǒu fǎn yìng. dàn shì nǚ hái men lì kè biàn de xīng fèn qǐ lái. kē xué jiā men jiě shì shuō nǚ hái men de xīng fèn biǎo shì tā men xiǎng nòng míng bai tā men suǒ kàn dào de, tā men qí guài wèi shí me dì èr lún zhè me qí guài hé tā yǔ dì yī lún de bù tóng. huàn jù huà shuō, nǚ hái men zài sī kǎo. zhè gè shí yàn dāng rán hái bù néng míng què dí zhèng shí nǚ hái men bǐ nán hái men zǎo kāi shǐ sī kǎo, dàn tā tí gōng le yí gè xiàn suǒ ér kē xué jiā men jiāng jìn xíng gēng shēn rù de yán jiū. yǐ jīng bèi fā xiàn, nǚ hái zi de gú tou jī ròu hé shén jīng chéng zhǎng de gèng kuài. kě néng shì zuì zǎo de shén jīng shēng zhǎng ràng nǚ yīng bǐ nán yīng gèng cōng míng. kē xué jiā yě fā xiàn le lìng yī xiàng zì rán jiè ràng nǚ hái men gèng zǎo shēng zhǎng zhī chù. xiǎo nǚ hái zǒng bǐ xiǎo nán hái zǎo kāi shǐ shuō huà. kē xué jiā rèn wéi, zhè yǒu yí gè kē xué de jiě shì. tā men xiāng xìn zhè shì yóu yú nǚ hái de zuǒ nǎo de shén jīng mò shāo de shēng zhǎng bǐ nán hái kuài, ér qiě zuǒ nǎo duì gè rén néng lì jí yùn yòng yǔ yán hé jì yì yǒu qiáng liè de yǐng xiǎng. |