Attractive Women Make Men Temporarily Stupid

Ponca City, We love you writes "The Telegraph reports that 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. This leads to speculation 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. 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 recruited 40 male heterosexual students and had each one perform a standard memory test. The volunteers then spent seven minutes chatting to male or female members of the research team before repeating the test. The results showed that men were slower and less accurate after trying to impress the women. The more they fancied them, the worse their score."

Re:Never make a pretty woman your wife

[Neptunes_Trident]

The song is called, "If You Wanna Be Happy" and is originally by Jimmy Soul, released 1963. Not by the band you mentioned. As a music lover, I must give credit where credit is due.

How would you function talking to one of these?

[Master of Transhuman]

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Re:There got to be an App for that...

[Fulcrum of Evil]

those are the 1%ers. Isn't the typical harley buyer a dentist or accountant?

Re:There got to be an App for that...

[mjwx]

A BMW car is a "Bimmer" and a BMW motorcycle is a "Beemer". Now you know.

Localisations, here in AU they are all called Beamers or Beemers as no-one owns a BMW motorcycle here.

Nothing against Beemer bikes mind you, they are just too expensive compared to American and Japanese cycles.

Re:Trying to impress?

[tompaulco]

How about the even more simple explanation of just being distracted by the beautiful woman and imagining her naked with her legs wrapped around you is taking up all of your resources?
Well, I guess that would be the problem then. Perhaps if the men actually concentrated on having a conversation with the lady instead of trying to imagine them naked, then they would actual increase their chances of seeing her naked. I mean, come on, there is plenty of opportunity for imagining her naked later when she's not around. Plus then you don't have to worry about embarassing yourself by not being able to hold a conversation.

Re:Scientifically meaningless?

[__aarzwb9394]

The first question that occurs to me is will it be found to occur in female students?

Well, apparently they did look in female students and did not find the same reduction in memory test performance.

Re:Easier explanation

[uberjack]

I think Peggy Bundy said it best: "...nature played a cruel joke on the men. It gave them a source of pleasure, but in order for it to work, blood has to leave the brain. And it leaves them confused, and disoriented, and eager to enter into negotiations."

Re:There got to be an App for that...

[smellsofbikes]

For the record, that's how I've always started my rototiller and mower (both old and miserable.) I thought it was a pretty well-known trick.

Here's another trick that's a little weirder. When you're adjusting the mixture, instead of trying to listen to the engine RPM, look at the exhaust. More to the point, look at the shadow of the exhaust in bright sunlight. It's way, *way* more sensitive. Adjust it until you can't see opacity -- you can barely see the exhaust's shadow, at which point you're a little lean, so give it just a bit more fuel. You'll be fairly close to best power. (Not best fuel consumption, though.)

Re:Scientifically meaningless?

[dogmatixpsych]

Actually heterosexuals account for 98% of the population (the other 2% are homosexual {about 1%} and bisexual {about 1%}). Even the most liberal (I'm using that word statistically) estimates place homosexuals + bisexuals at no more than 5% of the population. The old 10% number came from the Kinsey reports and has not been verified since that time. Anyway, just a little FYI.

Re:Again - people were paid to study this?

[peragrin]

yes and no. it isn't just the maintenance, but it is also a random selection of genes too. Some people age gracefully, as they don't push them selves to hard. Those who party hard every night while in their 20's age faster than those who party occasionally, don't over work themselves, and relax.

It is stress. too much of anything is bad, even parties. So relax, take a weekend and don't party. By the time your thirty your body will be in better shape than those who either work themselves to death, or party themselves into stupor.

Re:Again - people were paid to study this?

[commodore64_love]

I reviewed your google link, and it appears that it's just ONE study that showed these unusual results.

That's not enough to throw-out the literally millions of other studies which show being overweight is bad. QUOTE: "It's just rubbish," said Walter Willett, the professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health. "It's just ludicrous to say there is no increased risk of mortality from being overweight." Such slightly-overweight patients may simply have deeper bodily reserves to draw on in times of medical crisis like surgery or Swine's Flu, not necessarily more healthy.

Re:Again - people were paid to study this?

[commodore64_love]

I deeply apologize, but I have to be honest. I'd rather do one of those "Real Dolls" than do Pierce Brosnan's morbidly-obese wife - and while this is a free country, and if you want to commit suicide that's your choice, there is absolutely no way you can justify any of these as an "intelligent" choice. HERE'S THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH:

- Smoking is bad and destroys the lungs, causes high blood pressure, and premature skin aging

- Drinking is bad and destroys the liver, the kidney, causes high blood pressure, and even brain damage

- Overeating is bad and destroys the heart, the arteries, blocks bloodflow to the extremities, and causes brain damage.

Re:Easier explanation

[oracleofbargth]

All humans have a veromonasal organ. (Pheromone sensor in the nose.) A very, very small percentage of humans have active nerve connections to the veromonasal organ, while most do not. (Probably a recessive trait.) Though there have been some studies which suggest that the veromonasal organ sets off chemical signals to the brain, even in those individuals with no direct nerve connection to it.