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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 blurred than previously thought.
傳統觀點認為天才和瘋子只有一線之隔。如今有研究顯示他們之間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.
由馬尼拉德拉薩大學的心理學家們開展的研究表明，創造型天才其實是有缺陷的。

According to the research led by Adrianne John Galang they are more likely to display antisocial traits such as dishonesty and risk taking.
根據阿德里安娜?約翰?加朗帶頭開展的調查，他們更容易展現出像欺詐和冒險這樣的反社會特性。

Huffington Post reported that 503 participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire which could pick up individuals with psychopathic and narcissistic tendencies. A second study looked for indications of disinhibition, boldness and meanness among 250 college students.
《赫芬頓郵報》報道稱，有503位參與者填寫了一份能找出精神病和自戀者的問卷。第二次研究則是在250位大學生中尋找抑制解除，冒失和吝嗇的適應癥。

The third study, involving 93 participants, tracked levels of excitement during gambling exercises from the amount of electricity conducted by their skin.
第三次研究，則是在賭博游戲中，通過對93名參與者的皮膚進行電流測試，來追蹤他們的興奮程度。

According to the results, which were published in Personality and Individual Differences journal, psycopathic boldness is integral to some creative personalities.
發表在《個性與個體差異》雜志上的結果顯示，精神病者冒失的特性是創造性人格產生的必要條件。

Creative people were found to show more psychopathic traits, such as boldness, the researchers concluded.
研究者總結道：創造型的人會表現出更多的像冒失這樣的精神病者的特性。

“Generally then, a creative field might not just shape a person into a more arrogant or dishonest personality, it might be actively selecting them, not for the sake of having disagreeable traits, but because such traits meaningfully co-vary with creativity itself.”
“總體來說，創造性不會只把人塑造成自大或虛偽的人格，它會活躍的進行選擇，不是為了有一個不討喜的性格，而是因為這樣的性格會隨著創造力一起變化。”

英文來源：每日電訊報

譯者：邱景（中國日報網愛新聞iNews譯者）

編審：yaning