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Men Lose Their Minds Speaking To Pretty Women
Telegraph(UK) ^ | September 03, 2009

Posted on 09/03/2009 11:36:48 AM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: babes; beauty; genderwars; males; napl; psychology; radbounduniversity
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To: Steelfish

A sidebar: Radio show psychologist Toni Grant once addressed the issue of women who say they intimidate men. She stated that in her 30 year practice she found that men are generally not intimidated by women...and upon further inquiry she found that women who think they are intimidating are mis-reading the message that those men are sending ...they just don’t like you. I have to agree. Never met the woman who intimidates me..or makes me lose my mind....I don’t care how hot she is...:o)


61 posted on 09/03/2009 12:09:12 PM PDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: earlJam

I have seen that in button form strategically placed. To which I responded “But I like the view down here.” Got me a laugh.


62 posted on 09/03/2009 12:09:23 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Steelfish

I know what this looks like. I was in the vegetable department at our local Food Lion when a man asked the attractive young female vegetarian if her melons were organic - only he couldn’t quite get the words out in the right order.

He blushed and ran out of the store.


63 posted on 09/03/2009 12:10:05 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Never give up- Keep Up!!!)
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To: sodpoodle
He blushed and ran out of the store.

Geez...what a wuss...

64 posted on 09/03/2009 12:11:57 PM PDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: NavyCanDo

One has to wonder exactly WHERE Eve had that apple. This might have been the first documented instance of kinky sex.


65 posted on 09/03/2009 12:12:04 PM PDT by Babalu ("Tracer rounds work both ways ...")
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To: Disambiguator

What tower?


66 posted on 09/03/2009 12:12:47 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Capt. Obvious - Rock

67 posted on 09/03/2009 12:15:26 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Crazy is the new sane.)
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To: Steelfish
” There, you see, honey? It's not that I don't have anything to say, it's just that you're SO BEAUTIFUL that I am on perpetual dumbstruck!”

( yeah, that's the ticket....)

68 posted on 09/03/2009 12:16:09 PM PDT by clbiel (Hey Islam! Satan's on the line- says he's not giving back your religion without a fight.)
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To: clbiel
” There, you see, honey? It's not that I don't have anything to say, it's just that you're SO BEAUTIFUL that I am on perpetual dumbstruck!” ( yeah, that's the ticket....)

It could work! I'll have to note that for future use....;o)

69 posted on 09/03/2009 12:17:36 PM PDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: Steelfish

1. “Women, however, were not affected by chatting to a handsome man.”

2. “This may be simply because men are programmed by evolution to think more about mating opportunities. “”

I think I would challenge these two statements.


70 posted on 09/03/2009 12:18:47 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: Steelfish
It's twue! It's weely twue!


71 posted on 09/03/2009 12:20:41 PM PDT by Dumpster Baby (Bacon,smokless powder,and boobs are proof that God loves us.)
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To: Niteflyr

72 posted on 09/03/2009 12:22:51 PM PDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: Niteflyr
My experience in business is exactly the same. Women who think they are projecting intimidation are just pissing both other women and men off. They usually dig a pit that there is no return from and are forced out or fired.
73 posted on 09/03/2009 12:22:52 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Nemo me impune lacessit The law will be followed, dammit!)
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To: Joe 6-pack
And why isn't a similar converse true?

Susan couldn't help staring at Bob's enormous pens


74 posted on 09/03/2009 12:23:12 PM PDT by Daffynition ("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

confusing being the boss with being bossy...


75 posted on 09/03/2009 12:23:57 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Niteflyr
Niteflyr, my buddy. How you doing??? I look forward to reading more of your comments.
76 posted on 09/03/2009 12:25:54 PM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic
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To: mad_as_he$$
Women who think they are projecting intimidation are just pissing both other women and men off.

That is exactly what Ms. Grant was alluding to...it all started when a caller was whining about not being able to find a man she doesn't intimidate...imagine her chagrin when Toni asked: "did you ever consider the possibility that these men just don't like you?"

77 posted on 09/03/2009 12:26:03 PM PDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: LuvFreeRepublic
Niteflyr, my buddy. How you doing??? I look forward to reading more of your comments.

Just getting myself in trouble on my lunch hour as usual!...:o)

78 posted on 09/03/2009 12:27:05 PM PDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: Daffynition

They were made for one another...she needed his felt tip, and he needed his tip felt.


79 posted on 09/03/2009 12:28:46 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: theFIRMbss

You’re right, FIRMbss. We are just as vulnerable. I HATE to admit it.


80 posted on 09/03/2009 12:29:02 PM PDT by Miss Behave (Stupid Blonde H8r)
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