[求譯] 60s science的一小句話

[tonyradio (揪咪)]

求中譯：
You know how grandma's always criticizing your new haircut or choice of
clothing? Well, it might not hurt to listen. Because old folks who can't hold
their tongues may give the best advice. That’s according to a study in the
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. [Evan Apfelbaum, Anne Krendl and
Nalini Ambady, http://bit.ly/9Y8OKp]

Researchers recruited 19 undergrads and 32 adults in their 60s and 70s. They
split the older adults into two groups, based on the adults' abilities to
control their behaviors and impulses—called executive function, which
naturally declines with age. Then the researchers showed all three groups a
photo of a visibly obese teen, along with a list of her complaints, like
trouble sleeping and lack of energy—symptoms associated with childhood
obesity.

What advice could they offer this girl? Well, only half of the higher
functioning adults and a third of the college kids brought up the girl's
weight as the possible source for her problems. But 80 percent of the adults
with cognitive declines mentioned weight. They also gave twice as many
helpful tips, like more exercise, a better diet, and delivered them with more
empathy. So next time you need advice, try grandma or grandpa. But be
prepared for brutal honesty.


黃色部分的單字都懂但是整體不太懂要怎麼解釋比較好QQ

有請各位大大幫小弟解惑~感激不盡!!

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→ PTTren:關於腦力的
→ hoch:年紀越大，認知能力越弱。也就是文中所說的，"executive
→ hoch:function" 能力越低。研究發現，這些認知能力低的長者，反而
→ hoch:更容易一針見血地找出問題的關鍵。像是一個過重的女孩，她
→ hoch:的各種抱怨，其實是因為過重而引起的。反而年輕人比較難
→ hoch:找出問題在哪。所以下次就去問你的祖父母吧。
推 ashurali:樓上這樣說會容易暗示對行為控制較佳的人反倒不易找出問
→ ashurali:題所在，但較精確應該是因為認知能力較差的人不懂得講更
→ ashurali:好聽的說，而讓問題所在更直接地呈現出來。
→ ashurali:      ^^話
→ ashurali:cognitive如同hoch所說在此特別用於behavior/impluse控制
→ ashurali:上面，一般我們會將認知能力用於更廣的範圍上。
→ ashurali:不確定你的「整體」是什麼，所以想說再說清楚好了。實驗
→ ashurali:對象分成三組，undergraduate、executive function較好的
→ ashurali:老人和executive function較差的老人。cognitive decline
→ ashurali:即指最後那組控制力較差的老人。
→ ashurali:他們在提出建議時，高達80%表達出體重是問題所在，和其他
→ ashurali:兩組形成明顯對比。
推 ashurali:唔～似乎hoch所說的比較接近實驗的結果 :p，實驗所設定的
→ ashurali:目的是提到「體重」，而認知能力差的人達到的超過另外兩
→ ashurali:組人。不過文章中使用了一些字眼（例如honest）於認知較
→ ashurali:差的答案上，間接地暗示出另外的答案是不誠實，也就是他
→ ashurali:們能夠答出答案，但選擇不這麼做。
→ tonyradio:完全了解!!感謝樓上大大們的熱心解說!!