Men Lose Their Minds Speaking To Pretty Women

Telegraph(UK) ^ | September 03, 2009

[Steelfish]

Men lose their minds speaking to pretty women Talking to an attractive woman really can make a man lose his mind, according to a new study.

Pat Hagan 03 Sep 2009

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.

[Darteaus94025]

Duh!

[frogjerk]

BUSTED!

[jimfree]

Uhh, garsh!!

[a fool in paradise]

Laaayyyyyyyyyyaaaaaayyyyyydyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Oh, look at the pretty laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyydyyyyyy!!!"

[tired1]

Breaking News!

[earlJam]

[Wyatt's Torch]

They could have completed this study by going to any college campus after a football game and buying a keg of beer at a fraternity house...

[Joe 6-pack]

It’s hard to form coherent thoughts when your body diverts your blood away from your brain.

[a fool in paradise]

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.

This indeed is why it is so simple to win the upper hand in a debate with Helen Thomas.

[rabscuttle385]

I hate you.

[NMEwithin]

[theFIRMbss]

>Men Lose Their Minds Speaking To Pretty Women

Yes, but if a guy takes off his shirt, women don't stay too smart, either.

[frogjerk]

HA HA HA!

[rabscuttle385]

Avoid post 3. You have been warned.

[NavyCanDo]

This started with Adam, and his pretty wife Eve holding that damn apple.

[knews_hound]

Cheers,

knewshound

knewshounds blog

[allmendream]

So Rita Ruddner’s observation holds true.

‘Men think that women with big breasts are not intelligent. That isn't true; it is just that the larger a woman's breasts are, the less intelligent the men around her become.’

[Hacklehead]

“Men Lose Their Minds Speaking To Pretty Women”

Very True. Beautiful women can turn men into babbling idiots.

[rabscuttle385]

You ruined a perfectly good thread, you bastard.

[N. Theknow]

Not enough blood to keep two heads working properly.

[Adder]

Uh,,Huh?

[MHGinTN]

Well those are two lovely ladies ...

[andy58-in-nh]

What? Huh? Wow, uh... what were we talking about again?

[SZonian]

What was the question?

[tractorman]

But what about the homos?

[NavyCanDo]

Proof the Eve was a looker. Anything less and Adam would have had he good sense not to take a bite out of that apple.

[seoul62]

Yes, the muscles are nice but that face: yikes, I will pass on that. Jackie Broyles is my man. I would take Jackie over that muscle head any day./Just Asking - seoul62......

[Hacklehead]

Yes, but if a guy takes off his shirt, women don't stay too smart, either.

[GOP Poet]

Interesting study. Thanks for posting.

[chesley]

Looking at that made my IQ go up 50 points.

Not worth it, though.

[Alex Murphy]

If I talk to Helen Thomas, does that mean I turn into a genius?

[tired1]

Man: Why did you make women beautiful?

God: So that you would love them.

Man: Why did you make women so tender?

God: So that you would love them.

Man: Why did you make women so stupid?

God: So that they would love you.

[Always Right]

captain obvioius alert

[TADSLOS]

The mind is not lost. It’s just migrating to another organ.

[NCC-1701]

So, what kind of conversation could be held with her?

[halo66]

Not sure...but the guys behind her are sure trying hard to figure it out.

[Disambiguator]

Your post made me smarter!

[jimfree]

So, what kind of conversation could be held with her?

"Nice baloons! May I touch them?"

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Hamna,Hamna Hamna......

[Our man in washington]

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Interesting study, and from personal experience I totally agree. But not for the reason the researchers postulated.

A sufficiently attractive woman can simply scramble the thought processes of even a reasonable, clear-thinking guy. It’s not that he’s trying to impress her - it’s that his reasoning simply shuts down.

A woman I work with has had this effect on me every time I am near her for several years. It is completely impossible to control, and leaves my brain utterly scrambled for several minutes. I’m totally series.

It’s as if the brain synapses are “de-gaussed”, to use a retro tech term.

Amazing and really humorous, except for the not being able to think part. :)

[AngelesCrestHighway]

My name?....What’s my name?

[Dem Guard]

Well this just means most women will have no effect on a man’s concentration.

[RandallFlagg]

So true....

[NonValueAdded]

Holy blood flow, Batman, how could that be?

[sniper63]

"If I talk to Helen Thomas, does that mean I turn into a genius?"

ONLY and I mean ONLY if you can keep from gouging out your eyes......

[Disambiguator]

Men go partially blind, too. For instance, here is a photograph of a well-known landmark in Toronto, Canada; the CN Tower.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Men lose their minds speaking to pretty women....and bears crap in the woods....

[Hacklehead]

“So, what kind of conversation could be held with her?”

A very short one.