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类人猿也会经历“中年危机”
文章来源:未知 文章作者:enread 发布时间:2012-11-20 06:18 字体: [ ] 
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chimpanzees and orangutans can experience a mid-life crisis just like humans, a study suggests. this is the finding from a new study, published in the 1 of the national academy of sciences, that set out to test the theory that the pattern of human 2 over a lifespan might have evolved in the common ancestors of humans and great apes.
 
an international team of researchers, including 3 professor andrew oswald from the university of warwick and psychologist dr alex weiss from the university of edinburgh, discovered that, as in humans, chimpanzee and orangutan well-being (or happiness) follows a u shape and is high in youth, falls in middle age, and rises again into old age.
 
the authors studied 508 great apes housed in zoos and 4(圣殿,圈养) in the united states, japan, canada, australia and singapore. the apes' well-being was assessed by keepers, volunteers, researchers and caretakers who knew the apes well. their happiness was scored with a series of measures adapted from human 5 well-being measures.
 
professor oswald said: "we hoped to understand a famous scientific puzzle: why does human happiness follow an approximate u-shape through life? we ended up showing that it cannot be because of mortgages, 6 breakup, mobile phones, or any of the other 7 of modern life. apes also have a pronounced midlife low, and they have none of those."
 
the study is the first of its kind and the authors knew their work was likely to be unconventional. dr weiss said: "based on all of the other behavioural and developmental similarities between humans, chimpanzees, and orang-utans, we predicted that there would be similarities when looking at happiness over the lifespan, too. however, one never knows how these things will turn out, so it's wonderful when they are consistent with findings from so many other areas."
 
the team included primatologists and psychologists from japan and the united states. in the paper the team point out that their findings do not rule out the possibility that economic events or social and cultural forces contribute part of the reason for the well-being u shape in humans. however, they highlight the need to consider 8 or biological explanations. for example, individuals being satisfied at stages of their life where they have fewer resources to improve their lot may be less likely to encounter situations that could be harmful to them or their families.


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1 wk2zvx     
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报
参考例句:
  • he was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
2 fe3zbn     
n.安康,安乐,幸福
参考例句:
  • he always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
  • my concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福,却被误解为多管闲事。
3 auhzvs     
n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人
参考例句:
  • he cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
  • he's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家,自以为什么都懂。
4 532347c9fc39e40608545e03c6fe7eef     
n.避难所( sanctuary的名词复数 );庇护;圣所;庇护所
参考例句:
  • the designation of special marine reserves and marine sanctuaries shall be subject to the state council for approval. 海洋特别保护区、海上自然保护区的确定,须经国务院批准。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • after 1965 he acquiesced when they established sanctuaries on that soil. 1965年以后,他默认了他们在那块土地上建立庇护所。 来自辞典例句
5 mtowp     
a.主观(上)的,个人的
参考例句:
  • the way they interpreted their past was highly subjective. 他们解释其过去的方式太主观。
  • a literary critic should not be too subjective in his approach. 文学评论家的看法不应太主观。
6 sbixg     
adj.婚姻的,夫妻的
参考例句:
  • her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。
  • i regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。
7 avqyu     
n.装备;随身用品
参考例句:
  • can you move all your paraphernalia out of the way?你可以把所有的随身物品移开吗?
  • all my fishing paraphernalia is in the car.我的鱼具都在汽车里。
8 ctqz7m     
adj.进化的;演化的,演变的;[生]进化论的
参考例句:
  • life has its own evolutionary process.生命有其自身的进化过程。
  • these are fascinating questions to be resolved by the evolutionary studies of plants.这些十分吸引人的问题将在研究植物进化过程中得以解决。
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