Science: Attractive Women Make Men Temporarily Stupid

Slashdot ^ | 9/3/9 | kdawson

[Clint Williams]

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."

[DGHoodini]

I have always found this to be true. <8oP~~

[Hoodat]

Ahem, rules.

[bigheadfred]

I guess I just got over-excited.

[FReepaholic]

...Attractive Women Make Men Temporarily Stupid...

Hmmm...I just thought of something:

[Nachum]

Same thing happens around overweight people and foods they love.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

LOL. Instant Einstein!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yep. They start thinking with the little head instead of the big one.

[LeonardFMason]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

Gee, why didn’t I think of that?

[William Tell]

bigheadfred posted: "Teacher: The average male thinks about sex once every 17 seconds."

That's probably the average frequency of such thoughts. The average duration of the thought is probably 16.9 seconds, leaving about one-half of one percent of thinking time for such things as eating and personal hygiene. Fortunately, many males are able to multi-task.

[marine86297]

UM- Uhhhhhhh...............

I 4git wat I wuz gunna rite.....

What just happened? Sorry I gotta go.

[sauropod]

Heard about this story. It’s true!

[NoDRodee]

oh my, that was funny!

[RJS1950]

Partly crap. Non-stupid men might become temporarily distracted by a beautiful woman but not for any appreciable length of time. The ones who do become drooling stupid are stupid to begin with because they are actually stupid enough to believe they have a shot at her.

[sauropod]

You are being bad!

[dfwgator]

[savedbygrace]

LOL out loud.

[wvguy]

[Atlas Sneezed]

LOL!!!!!!

[Mr Ramsbotham]

And with all these shortcomings, men have been able to conceive, create and produce virtually one hundred percent of everything we enjoy in the modern world. What does that say for the male brain!!?