Tick, tock: a study in honesty
① Under time pressure, people choose to co-operate with others, even at some cost to themselves, experiments show.
② Valerio Capraro and Helene Barcelo have examined whether people are similarly predisposed to honesty.
③ They showed participants a seemingly random list of numbers between 1 and 90, and another number, which they were to use to count along that list.
④ The volunteers were asked to report the number at that position in the list, which, they were informed, they would receive as a bonus in cents.
⑤ About 16% of people lied to receive a bigger bonus.
⑥ A further 34% spent some time working out how much they would receive, then elected to tell the truth.
⑦ The remainder told the truth straight away.
⑧ Intriguingly, almost all (98%) of those who were quick to answer were truthful.
⑨ A faster response was more likely to be an honest one.
▍research paper 传送门：https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.10229
▍生词好句
tick-tock /tɪkˈtɒk/: n.（拟声）大钟走针的声音 vi. 滴答响
under (time) pressure: 在某事的压力下
co-operate with: 与……合作
corporate /ˈkɔːp(ə)rət/: adj. 集体的；公司的
at (the/some) cost / price to … : 以……（的利益）为代价
be predisposed to: 有……的倾向
seemingly /ˈsiːmɪŋli/: adv. 貌似；表面上看
bonus /ˈbəʊnəs/: n. 奖金；奖励
work out: 算计；盘算；锻炼；解决
elect /ɪˈlɛkt/: vt. 选择
remainder /rɪˈmeɪndə/: n. 其余的人；剩余的部分
straight / right away: 立即；马上
intriguingly /ɪnˈtri:ɡɪŋli/: adv. 吸引人地；有趣地（interestingly）
truthful /ˈtruːθfʊl, ˈtruːθf(ə)l /: adj. 诚实的
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