想码出好文章？慢点打字吧
Want to improve the quality of your writing? Type slower
Let's face it, not everybody's equally gifted when it comes to getting their thoughts down on paper (or the digital equivalent). But according to a new study, there's an easy trick anybody can do to improve the quality of their writing: just type more slowly.
老实说,每个人将思想记录在纸上（或电子设备）的天赋不一.但最新研究显示,有一个人人都能掌握的小窍门能帮助提高写作质量：放慢打字速度.
Researchers in Canada have found that when people are forced to write at a slower speed, it can actually enhance their way with words, with the use of word choice in particular benefiting from a calmer pace.
加拿大的研究人员发现,当人们被迫慢速书写时,他们会借助这种慢节奏来推敲自己的文字,从而提高写作质量.
"Typing can be too fluent or too fast, and can actually impair the writing process," said Srdan Medimorec, a cognitive psychologist from the University of Waterloo. "It seems that what we write is a product of the interactions between our thoughts and the tools we use to express them."
"打字太流畅太快,确实会给写作过程带来不良影响."滑铁卢大学的认知心理学家瑟旦·麦迪莫还克说,"我们写作的内容就像是我们的思想同表达工具之间交互的产物."
To examine how an enforced speed limit might affect writing ability, the researchers recruited participants and asked them to write essays using both hands or with only one.
为了研究强制限速如何影响写作能力,研究者招募了一批参与者,要求他们或用双手或用单手写文章.
When the researchers examined the essays with text-analysis software, they discovered that the impeded, one-handed typing was better, especially with regard to the sophistication of the vocabulary used.
当研究者用文本分析软件检验文章时,他们发现单手打字者的文章更胜一筹,特别体现在选用词汇的复杂性上.
"This is the first study to show that when you interfere with people's typing, their writing can get better," said Evan F. Risko, one of the team. "We're not saying that students should write their term papers with one hand, but our results show that going fast can have its drawbacks."
"这是首个表明受干扰的打字过程能够提高写作质量的研究,"团队成员伊万·瑞斯克说："我们并不是在建议学生们单手完成学期论文,但研究结果确实显示出快速打字的缺陷所在."
