尽管长久以来人们就把那些富有创造力的人和活跃的两性关系联系在一起，但英国科学家首次通过实际研究证实了这一点。英国研究人员11月30日表示，西班牙画家毕加索、英国诗人拜伦及狄伦·托马斯这些赫赫有名的艺术家们除了都拥有非凡的创造力之外，他们还都拥有多个性伴侣，而出现这种现象并非偶然。

　　据路透社11月30日报道，英国心理学家们发现，艺术家和诗人所拥有的性伴侣的数量是平常人的两倍多，而他们非凡的创造力则似乎像一块磁铁一样吸引着众多异性。对此，英国纽卡斯尔生物学校的心理学家丹尼尔·耐特博士表示，这是一把双刃剑，“比起普通人，诗人和艺术家们拥有更多的性伴侣，但同时他们也更容易沮丧或抑郁”。

　　在研究过程中，耐特博士和同事海伦·克雷格询问了425名英国人有关他们创造力、性伴侣和精神健康特征的问题。这些被调查者中包括专职艺术家、诗人和精神分裂症患者。

　　研究人员发现，专职艺术家及诗人通常会拥有4至10名性伴侣，而那些缺乏创造力的普通人则平均只拥有3名性伴。对此，耐特博士表示：“我们发现，男性和女性中都存在着这种情况，这让我们非常吃惊。”

　　研究同时显示，当艺术家的创造性成果有所增加时，其性伴侣的平均数量也会随之上升。艺术家们创造出来的作品让他们受到更多的关注，同时也增加了他们对异性的吸引力。而且，艺术家的这种异常活跃的两性关系也通常会得到人们的容忍，甚至是那些与之有长期关系的人也很少期望艺术家能对自己忠贞不二。而像文章开始所提到的那些画家和诗人（毕加索、拜伦和托马斯），则都以他们非凡的艺术成就和对女性的吸引力而闻名于世。

　　报道说，这项研究被发表在最新一期的《伦敦皇家学会学报》上。

　　Pablo Picasso, Lord Byron and Dylan Thomas had more in common than simple creativity. They also had active sex lives, which researchers said on Wednesday was no coincidence.

　　Psychologists at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Open University in Britain found that professional artists and poets have about twice as many partners as other people.

　　Their creativity seems to act like a sexual magnet.

　　But Dr Daniel Nettle, a psychologist at Newcastle University's School of Biology, said it is a double-edge sword.

　　"Poets and artists have more sexual partners but they also have high rates of depression," he told Reuters.

　　Nettle and his colleague Helen Clegg questioned 425 British men and women, including professional artists, poets and schizophrenic patients, about their creative activity, sexual encounters and mental health characteristics.

　　Although creative people have long been associated with active sex lives, the researchers believe their study is the first to back it up with research.

　　They found that professional artists and poets had between 4 and 10 sexual partners, while less creative people had an average of three.

　　"We found it in both the men and women which was quite a surprise to us," said Nettle, who reported the finding in the journal "The Proceedings of the Royal Society (B)."

　　The study also showed that the average number of sexual partners increased as creative output went up. What the artists produce draws attention to them, which seems to enhance their sexual allure.

　　"It could be that very creative types lead a bohemian lifestyle and tend to act more on sexual impulses and opportunities, often purely for experience's sake, than the average person would," said Nettle.

　　The active sex lives of artists is often tolerated, even by long-term partners who are less likely to expect loyalty and fidelity from them, according to the researchers.

　　Picasso, Byron and Thomas were famous for their art and their attraction to women.

　　"They illustrate some of the phenomena quite well -- lots of acclaim and lots of women," said Nettle.