Why Funny People Are Also More Intelligent
爲什麼有趣的人也更聰明
Albert Einstein attributed his brilliant mind to having a child-like（童真般的） sense of humour.
阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦把自己的聰明才智都歸因於他那童真般的幽默感。
Indeed, a number of studies have found an association between humour and intelligence.
大量研究表明幽默和智商確實存在關聯。
Researchers in Austria recently discovered that funny people, particularly those who enjoy dark humour, have higher IQs than their less funny peers.
奧地利的研究人員最近發現幽默的人，尤其是喜歡黑色幽默的人，比不那麼幽默的同齡人更聰明。
They argue that it takes both cognitive（認知） and emotional ability to process and produce humour.
他們認爲，能聽懂幽默和能開幽默的玩笑需要認知和情感上的雙重能力。
Their analysis shows that funny people have higher verbal and non-verbal intelligence, and they score lower in mood disturbance（情緒失控） and aggressiveness.
通過分析，他們發現幽默的人掌握着更高的語言能力和非語言能力，他們更少出現情緒失控和暴躁的情況。
Not only are funny people smart, they're nice to be around. Evidence suggests that having a good sense of humour is linked to high emotional intelligence（情商） and is a highly desirable quality in a partner.
幽默的人不僅更聰明，身邊的人也更喜歡跟他們來往。研究表明有幽默感的人情商更高，是作爲同伴最需要的一個品質。
In studies of attractiveness（吸引力）, both men and women rate funny people as more attractive, and cite having a good sense of humor as being one of the most important traits in a long-term partner.
一項針對吸引力的研究表明，無論男性還是女性都認爲幽默的人更有吸引力，把良好的幽默感視作長期伴侶最重要的品質之一。
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