inheritedIntelligence(遗传的智力)inheritedintelligencehowcleverareyou?howdowemeasureintelligence?wheredidyourintelligencecomefrom?scientistsnowbelievethatourgenesstronglyinfluencehowourbraindevelops.weinheritourgenesfromourparents.inotherwords,weinheritourintelligencefromourparents.thisdoesnotmeanthatwecannotdoanythingtodevelopourselves.eachofusmustdecidehowtouseourbrainsandhowtodevelopourskills.scientistshavestudiedsetsofidenticaltwins.theyhavefoundthatcertainareasofthebrainarestronglyinfluencedbyourparents,andthattheseareasinfluenceintelligence.identicaltwinshavealmostidenticalbrains.whentheydidtests,scientistsfoundthatidenticaltwinshadverysimilarscoresintestswithnumbers,words,shapesandmemory.thiswasnottruewithnon-identicaltwins,orbrothersandsisters;theyhadgreatdifferencesintheirtestscores.however,oursuccessasadultsisnotsimplyamatterofhowcleverweare.ourabilitytoworkwithotherpeopleisalsoimportant.inaddition,ourdetermination,confidenceandourcouragealsoplayimportantparts.wemayinheritourintelligencefromourparentsbutwemustdecidehowtoliveourownlives.wecannotblameourparents!thereisoneareawhereourparentscanhelpus.whenwearechildren,theycanprovideuswithastimulatingenvironmentinwhichtolive.thiswillhelptodevelopourbrainsanddevelopourconfidence.ifparentsencouragetheirchildrentolistentomusic,toplayamusicalinstrument,toplaywithpuzzles,todrawpicturesandtoreadbooks,thentheirchildrenarelikelytobecomemoreintelligent.rememberthatwhenyoubecomeaparent!遗传的智力你有多聪明?我们如何测量智力?你的智力从何而来?当今的科学家认为基因对我们大脑的发展有很大的影响。父母遗传给了我们基因,换句话说,父母,遗传给了我们智力。这并不意味着我们对发展自我就无能为力。每个人都必须决定如何使用大脑,如何培养自己的技能。科学家们研究了好几对同卵双胞胎。他们发现我们大脑的某些部位受父母的影响极大,而这些部位影响着智力。同卵双胞胎具有几乎完全相同的大脑。当他们做测试时,科学家们发现同卵双胞胎在数字、词语、形状和记忆等方面所得到的分数十分相似。这并不适用于非同卵双胞胎或兄弟姐妹;他们在测试时,测试成绩差别很大。然而,我们成年后的成功不仅仅在于有多聪明。我们与他人共事的能力也很重要。另外,决心、自信和勇气也起着重要的作用。我们可能遗传了父母的智力但要自己决定如何生活。我们绝不能去责怪父母!父母可以在一个方面帮助我们。他们能在我们孩提时代营造一个激发智力的生活环境。这有助于大脑的发育、信心的增强。如果父母鼓励孩子欣赏音乐、弹奏乐器、玩猜谜游戏、学习绘画或阅读书籍,那么孩子们可能会更加聪慧。当你成为家长时,千万记住这一点!