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.
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.
Each one performed a standard memory test where they had to observe a stream of letters and say, as fast as possible, if each one was the same as the one before last.
The volunteers then spent seven minutes chatting to male or female members of the research team before repeating the test.
The results showed men were slower and less accurate after trying to impress the women. The more they fancied them, the worse their score.
But when the task was repeated with a group of female volunteers, they did not get the same results. Memory scores stayed the same, whether they had chatted to a man or a woman.
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.'
Psychologist Dr George Fieldman, a member of the British Psychological Society, said the findings reflect the fact that men are programmed to think about ways to pass on their genes.
'When a man meets a pretty woman, he is what we call 'reproductively focused'.
'But a woman also looks for signs of other attributes, such as wealth, youth and kindness. Just the look of the man would be unlikely to have the same effect.'
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6132718/Men-lose-their-mind...
hahahha .. lolz pajju.. guess now that u r drywood's "MAMOO"...u've got any family issues if i wanna have a DRY date with ur daughter in law:-)
---If you can't CONVINCE them, CONFUSE them!!!
mamoo is maternal uncle
drywoods mums brother
>>>>>>>>> ReSpEcT ;-)
grrr can u stop it mamoo ? or tell me wat is mamoo
u r mamoo
ajin plzz help me wat is mamoo ?
rightside or leftside ? or front or back ?
MAMO???!!??
---If you can't CONVINCE them, CONFUSE them!!!
u r my mamo u shud be on my side
yes u canot urself
i dont feed trollz mamo
drywood wat is mamoo ? and do i know u ? :P
Pajju mamo: i dont feed troll like u despite u r my mamo
WHY ?
plz change da title
after reading some hijacks here, i guess "MEN OFTEN LOOSE THEIR MINDS LISTENING TO WOMEN" wud be a better title!!!
-- If you can't CONVINCE them, CONFUSE them!!!
men do act to keep the woman anchored to him, but its not of the jhonny Barvo levels,...... I have seen a change in behavior from 13 year old kid to 60 year old man when they talk to a really hot girl.
Its those bumpy bits.. They distract you and impact the nervous system.
crapcircle...you can see good fireworks and water goin on here....Khan where r u buddy...
but I've been fooled by pretty ladies before. Most of the time when I thought "wow a pretty one and a smart one". I kept my opinion on the former but the latter got quickly shattered.
donosa: can u think? do u think?
Agree but i guess that not all of the men lose their minds!
drywood, I think you're a troll....
i m ur sister khan.786
she just wants to be related to me dats all ;-)>>>>>>>>> ReSpEcT ;-)
sister?? i dont have one
>>>>>>>>> ReSpEcT ;-)
shame on you, in Ramadan, to say that of a sister :)
"dont know about respect, but she offers alot"
I'm surprised others didn't catch it, first big LOL of the day, thanks khan :)
......ahan!!......well thts true in case of some boys....but not all!!.......
______________________________________________
..... why worry and have wrinkles...when u can smile and have dimples :o) ......
don't have to worry much about that in Qatar.
do what
>>>>>>>>> ReSpEcT ;-)
khan.786: my brotehr i know u r mad bt dont do such thingz
thebestlotus
just keep your eyes open theirs alot more to come
>>>>>>>>> ReSpEcT ;-)
Wow...Thanks for making me laugh guys !
i dont lie sweetheart. i speak nothing but the truth
>>>>>>>>> ReSpEcT ;-)
khan.786: u r ma real brother. dont say such bad thinz abt me bhiya
hahahahahahahahahahahaha
qhris BULLSEYE BRUV
>>>>>>>>> ReSpEcT ;-)
well nearly every Qatar service has home delivery, so she would be losing out if she didn't offer that :-p
yea qhris she dont meet them online
she goes and meets them personally
>>>>>>>>> ReSpEcT ;-)
i dont meet ppl online Qhris
dont know about respect, but she offers alot
>>>>>>>>> ReSpEcT ;-)
drywood, do you always offer to give 'respect' to people you met online? :-)
oi i wud neva av a sis like you
ur just a dry piece of wood for me
dont fnk im flirtin wid u,that u av to call me ur bro.
>>>>>>>>> ReSpEcT ;-)
my real brother khan.786
ta ta ta so sad baby
>>>>>>>>> ReSpEcT ;-)
khan.786: my brother... u even dont exist
my love,dont see you respecting others thats why you dont deserve it from me
>>>>>>>>> ReSpEcT ;-)
khan.786: do u want >>>respect in return?
i dont
its your choice if you want a man to know your personal info or not
what you do or have done before you met them has nothing to do with them
if they cant handle it then they have the problem
oh shut up
>>>>>>>>> ReSpEcT ;-)
surfacing: do men lose dare mind wen gals do not give dem their personal info? i m goin thru dis: see
http://www.qatarliving.com/node/688400
yep true! it happens to me but only for one girl
>>>>>>>>> ReSpEcT ;-)
nooooo.... becoz u dont hv ordinary mind...
But as with most men its one tracked
surfacing: u dint lose ur mind u lost ur keyboard. u cant lose ur mind u know y
thats right drywood ;)
c surfacing cant even use keyboard properly
xhjxwqjy neklulwe cflwejfwl lol :)
i see it al da time wen i post here
Yep its a man thing its in our dna