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.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

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

For the ladies...

[Nighttime in America]

Way to go, threadkiller.

[Red in Blue PA]

She does that to me too;-)

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

They’ll think twice before posting shirtless pictures of Adrian Zmed’s gay younger brother again.

My work is done.

[exit82]

Seems like a lot of those guys in the photo are playing with their “pens”.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

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.'

[jimfree]

Seems like a lot of those guys in the photo are playing with their “pens”.

So to speak, yes.

[metmom]

Is this better?

[Colonel_Flagg]

God forgive me for saying it, but this is one case where the remix blows the doors off the original.

Oh, and the ladies on this thread are (with one exception) nice too :D

[Randy Larsen]

A thoughtful ping sweetie!

[seoul62]

Oh my, I am speechless. He is off the hook gorgeous./Just Asking - seoul62........

[metmom]

He’s an adamant pro-lifer as well.

[seoul62]

Uhhh-Ohhhh, that is a career killer in Hollywood. I give him respect for standing up for what he believes in./Just Asking - seoul62....

[Randy Larsen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3j6XXL1l2M

[metmom]

He’s not from the US.

Here’s some more information on him...

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/eduardoverastegui/index?tab=articles

[rmlew]

So, what kind of conversation could be held with her?
I'd be sorely tempted to speak about photography and doing a portrait of her in various stages of undress....

[STARWISE]

No different than what we experience in the presence of real men ... right, ladies ??

[penelopesire]

What were we talking about again? I forgot.

(grin)

[potlatch]

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