Wonder why some wealthy people seem so aloof? How about this for an answer?
A series of studies published in Psychological Science found that money can influence responses to both emotional and physical pain. Specifically, the researchers found that handling physical money makes a person less sensitive to physical pain and reduces the distress of being excluded in social situations.
9月3日，美国名流帕丽斯·希尔顿在匈牙利首都布达佩斯参加一家意大利百货商店的开业典礼。《心理科学》(Psychological Science)发表的一系列研究结果显示，金钱可以影响一个人对情感和生理痛苦的反应。研究人员发现，打理真金白银能降低人对生理痛苦的敏感程度，并减轻人在社会环境中被排斥在外时的痛苦感。
In other words, wealth makes you as hard and cold as steel. Or so the study says.
换言之，财富能让你变得像钢铁一样又硬又冷。至少，这份研究报告是这么说的。
The methodologies for this study were odd to say the least.
不过，退一步讲，这次研究的方法很奇怪。
For one of the tests, test subjects were told to count out a stack of $100 dollar bills and then immerse their hands in hot water (109 degrees). Those who handled the money reported less pain than those who handled slips of blank paper.
其中一个测试要求一组受测者数一沓100美元面额的钞票，然后将手浸入热水中，他们述说的痛苦程度不及另一数白纸、然后手浸热水的对照组。
