But there's another curve behind it called crystallized intelligence, which increases through your 40s and 50s and 60s and stays high in your 70s and 80s.

但是在它后面还有另一条曲线叫做结晶智力，它会在你 40 多岁、50 多岁和 60 多岁时增加，在你 70 多岁和 80 多岁时保持高水平。

Interestingly, that is basically the difference between crystallized and fluid intelligence.

有趣的是，这基本上就是结晶智力和流体智力之间的区别。

Crystallized intelligence, on the other hand, is just what it sounds like: knowledge that's based on facts, solidified by past experiences and prior learning.

另一方面， 结晶智力就像它听起来的那样：基于事实的知识， 由过去的经验和先前的学习巩固。

And other aspects of cognition, such as crystallized intelligence (accumulated knowledge that can be applied to new situations) and social cognition (behaving appropriately in interpersonal interactions), continue to improve for decades.

而认知的其他方面，如晶体智力(逐渐积累且可应用于新情况的知识)和社会认知(在人际互动中表现得体)，会在接下来的几十年里继续进步。

Both fluid and crystallized intelligence are equally important on any given day, and ideally, they work together to get the job of thinking done.

流动智力和结晶智力在任何一天都同样重要，理想情况下， 它们可以共同完成思考工作。

We might associate wisdom with intelligence or particular personality traits, but research shows only a small positive relationship between wise thinking and crystallized intelligence and the personality traits of openness and agreeableness.

我们可能会将智慧与智慧或特定的人格特质联系起来，但研究表明， 明智的思维和结晶的智慧与开放和宜人的人格特质之间只有很小的正相关关系。

Psychologists Raymond Cattell and John Horn were the first to develop the concepts of fluid and crystallized intelligence, suggesting that intelligence itself is made up of different abilities that work together.

心理学家雷蒙德·卡特尔 (Raymond Cattell) 和约翰·霍恩 (John Horn) 是第一个提出流动智力和结晶智力概念的人，这表明智力本身是由协同工作的不同能力组成的。