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Title: Men lose their minds speaking to pretty women
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URL Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h ... -speaking-to-pretty-women.html
Published: Sep 8, 2009
Author: Pat Hagan
Post Date: 2009-09-08 12:45:53 by christine
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Views: 2423
Comments: 111
Talking to an attractive woman really can make a man lose his mind, according to a new study. The research shows men who spend even a few minutes in the company of an attractive woman perform less well in tests designed to measure brain function than those who chat to someone they do not find attractive. Researchers who carried out the study, published in the Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, think the reason may be that men use up so much of their brain function or 'cognitive resources' trying to impress beautiful women, they have little left for other tasks. The findings have implications for the performance of men who flirt with women in the workplace, or even exam results in mixed-sex schools. Women, however, were not affected by chatting to a handsome man. This may be simply because men are programmed by evolution to think more about mating opportunities. Psychologists at Radboud University in The Netherlands carried out the study after one of them was so struck on impressing an attractive woman he had never met before, that he could not remember his address when she asked him where he lived. Researchers said it was as if he was so keen to make an impression he 'temporarily absorbed most of his cognitive resources.' To see if other men were affected in the same way, they recruited 40 male heterosexual students. Each one performed a standard memory test where they had to observe a stream of letters and say, as fast as possible, if each one was the same as the one before last. The volunteers then spent seven minutes chatting to male or female members of the research team before repeating the test. The results showed men were slower and less accurate after trying to impress the women. The more they fancied them, the worse their score. But when the task was repeated with a group of female volunteers, they did not get the same results. Memory scores stayed the same, whether they had chatted to a man or a woman. In a report on their findings the researchers said: 'We conclude men's cognitive functioning may temporarily decline after an interaction with an attractive woman.' Psychologist Dr George Fieldman, a member of the British Psychological Society, said the findings reflect the fact that men are programmed to think about ways to pass on their genes. 'When a man meets a pretty woman, he is what we call 'reproductively focused'. 'But a woman also looks for signs of other attributes, such as wealth, youth and kindness. Just the look of the man would be unlikely to have the same effect.'
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#42. To: christine (#0)
Horseshit. Most pretty women don't get that reaction from moi.
You have to have cognitive function in the first place to get that reaction.
Most pretty women don't have much cognitive function as it is. I would say the same for BBW. Women who don't take care of themselves prove that they are lazy fat pigs and I wish your kind would stop reproducing.
Arent there some flys around that you could happily pull some wings off?
Women who don't respect their bodies usually don't respect the Earth. Farmfriend don't respect neither.
What a foolish thing to say. That's not Farmfriend.
Farmfriend is without a doubt the reason why some women should be seen, not heard. Telling us about her body on an internet forum should prove that she has zero respect for herself. Seeing how she constantly is able to attack me without a shred of proof for her assertions, again, shows she is not worthy of attention. But the real problem I see, is the fact that she has zero respect for the planet and pushes the same libertarian/flat earth agenda that a lot here seem to have. I don't buy it. I have zero respect for a women who has such a big ego and yet zero proof of intelligence like farmfriend.
With the exception of a smart ass remark on this thread I have never attacked you. You constantly attack me without provocation. You claim my first post to you was a personal attack. It was not. So unless you can prove that I have attacked you, you need to quit with the libel.
That is because your lies and past attacking me for no reason on thread, after thread after thread, proves that you are a whiney little bitch. No one can save you from yourself.
Bullshit! Back up your statements with proof! Shouldn't be hard if I did what you said. I don't even post to you let alone attack you in thread after thread. I challenge you to show the attacks with links to the posts. Put farmfriend and clitora in the search feature and call em all up. Anyone here can do the same and see for themselves if I have engaged in attacks on anyone.
I don't care what you challenge me with, woman. I do notice the amount of so called men who get pissed off at me for calling you on your hysterical nonsense tho. You want your cake and eat it too. I see.
#99. To: Clitora, F16Fighter, farmfriend, F16Fighter, christine (#86)
......... these are women. ****
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestIn a report on their findings the researchers said: 'We conclude men's cognitive functioning may temporarily decline after an interaction with an attractive woman.'
#44. To: Clitora, christine, turtle (#42)
Most pretty women don't get that reaction from moi.
#45. To: farmfriend (#44)
You have to have cognitive function in the first place to get that reaction.
#47. To: Clitora (#45)
Women who don't take care of themselves prove that they are lazy fat pigs and I wish your kind would stop reproducing.
#48. To: tom007 (#47)
Arent there some flys around that you could happily pull some wings off?
#50. To: Clitora, farmfriend (#48)
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Women who don't respect their bodies usually don't respect the Earth.
Farmfriend don't respect neither.
Women who "respect the Earth", new-age-hippie types, have an aversion to bathing or trimming body hair. And they abuse their bodies with tattoos and piercings.
#52. To: Armadillo, farmfriend (#50)
That's not Farmfriend.
#70. To: Clitora, Armadillo, christine (#52)
Seeing how she constantly is able to attack me without a shred of proof for her assertions, again, shows she is not worthy of attention.
#82. To: farmfriend (#70)
You constantly attack me without provocation.
#84. To: Clitora (#82)
That is because your lies and past attacking me for no reason on thread, after thread after thread,
#85. To: farmfriend (#84)
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I challenge you to show the attacks with links to the posts.
#86. To: All (#85)
this thread needs some womens on it.
Replies to Comment # 86. this thread needs some womens on it.
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