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捡到钱包要归还失主，这是一个基本的道德准则。可是，如果捡到的钱包里有一大笔钱呢？是不是就不那么容易做到拾金不昧了？ 答案是，你想错了。最新调查表明，遗失的钱包里现金越多，拾获的人将其归还的可能性越大。 Does the amount of cash in a lost wallet impact how likely a person is to return it? 遗失钱包内的现金数量是否会影响其归还率？ Classical economic theories suggest that the greater the temptation, the less likely we are to be honest -- but a new study turns the idea on its head, finding that altruism, and a powerful aversion to viewing oneself as a "thief," outweigh the financial incentives. 经典的经济学理论认为，诱惑越大，我们越不可能诚实，但一项新的研究颠覆了这一观点。这项研究发现，利他主义和把自己看作“小偷”的强烈厌恶感会胜过经济诱因。 altruism ['æltrʊɪz(ə)m]：n.利他；利他主义 aversion[ə'vɜːʃ(ə)n]：n.厌恶；讨厌的人 A team of researchers studied these questions in a huge experiment spanning 355 cities in 40 countries -- one of the most rigorous investigations so far into the intersection of economics and psychology. 一组研究人员在针对40个国家355个城市的大型实验中研究了这些问题，这是迄今为止对经济学和心理学交叉领域最严谨的调查之一。 | 
