怀孕也要挑“吉日”

Season of conception tied to school performance
[ 2007-05-11 08:18 ]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/2007-05/11/content_870224.htm

The time of year a woman conceives may influence the future academic performance of her child, according to research reported this week at the Pediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting.

在本周举行的"儿科学术协会年会"上，一项研究报告称，母亲怀孕的月份可能会影响孩子以后的学业成绩。

When researchers linked standardized test scores of 1,667,391 Indiana students in grades 3 through 10 with the month in which each student had been conceived, they found that children conceived May through August scored significantly lower on math and language tests than children conceived during other months of the year.

研究人员对印地安那州1,667,391名3到10年级学生的统一考试成绩和他们的受孕月份进行了相关分析。结果发现，与其它月份受孕的孩子相比，5月至8月受孕的孩子的数学和语言成绩要低得多。

...... "There is something going on" and it needs to be studied further, Winchester concluded.

温彻斯特最后总结到，"这其中还有一些影响因素"有待进一步的研究。