To confirm his discovery, Mr Slepian re-ran the experiment with a different set of clips.
为了证实自己的发现,斯莱皮恩又用了一组不同的视频片段重新进行了这个实验。
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Dr Slepian distinguishes between positive and negative secrets. Negative secrets hurt people and damage relationships.
斯莱皮恩博士区分了积极的秘密和消极的秘密。负面的秘密会伤害人们并破坏人际关系。
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However, Dr Slepian's research comes from the United States. Would the results be the same in other cultures and countries?
然而,斯莱皮恩博士的研究来自美国。在其他文化和国家中结果是否相同?
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It could be bad luck to reveal a pregnancy too early, and Dr Slepian calls these secrets burdensome, meaning worrying, troublesome or distressing.
过早透露怀孕可能会带来霉运,斯莱皮恩博士称这些秘密是负担,意味着令人担忧、麻烦或痛苦。
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When a volunteer could see only arms and hands, however, Mr Slepian found a positive correlation, of 0.07, between his guesses and reality.
然而当志愿者只能看到手臂和手部时,斯莱皮恩发现志愿者猜想的情况与真实情况有一个0.07的正相关性。
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Mr Slepian knew from previous studies by other people that anxiety has a tendency to disrupt smooth body movements, and he suspected this might be the explanation.
斯莱皮恩从前人的研究中了解到,焦虑具有扰乱身体动作流畅度的倾向,他猜想这或许能够解释原因。
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But a study just published in Psychological Science by Michael Slepian of Stanford University and his colleagues suggests that even people with the best poker faces give the game away.