Posted on 11/25/2011 11:23:36 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
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Researchers at the University of Tampere and Aalto University showed volunteer men and women photos of models in varying stages of undress.
Before all you women in sensible shoes cry “sexist pig!”, I hasten to add the models also were male and female.
The volunteers’ electrical brain activity was monitored.
Results appear in the current edition of the science journal PLoS One.
They make me proud to work for this newspaper, to share space with such brain food as the SUNshine Girl.
Professor Jari Hietanen reports the less clothes the models wore, the quicker each volunteer’s grey matter kicked into action.
This may have roots in how our cave-man ancestor identified a potential mate. It was easier if they were naked.
“In less than 0.2 seconds, the brain processes pictures of nude bodies more efficiently than clothed bodies,” Professor Hietanen says.
“Responses were the strongest when the participants looked at (nudes), the second strongest to bodies in swimsuits, and the weakest to fully clothed bodies.”
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(Excerpt) Read more at cnews.canoe.ca ...
And how smart do I become if I stare at naked women after having had 8 beers?
Unfortunately, the brain cells that became smarter were the ones you just killed.
Helen Thomas ?!!
I don’t think so...
Duh, never knew I had an ace up my sleeve all these years............
As Hunter Thompson was purported to have said: "Hey, it works for me!".
bflr
Super-Genius Laz to show up in 3...2...1...
You’d have to be an idiot not to know this.
Well,...so much for Holiday Inn Express. Bring me that cold fusion device thingy.
I’ll get it workin’ in a minute.
Hmmm. If you look at naked women while staying at a Holiday Inn Express...
Manswers also cited a John Hopkins study that concluded a good way to deal with pain is to picture yourself in a threesome with 2 hotties. That’s science.
I recall a theory Cliff on “Cheers” put forward- that only the slowest, weakest brain cells were killed by the alcohol so that the remaining brain tissue was stronger and more vibrant.
Works for me!
I'm not denying the correlation with the remnant of prehistoric brain on possible mating (Oohh.. does it mean we believe in evolution now?). I'm just taking issue with the 'makes-your-smarter' headline.
*sigh* You had to go there...
Holy Lord and Dale Earnhardt Jr.....that is disturbing on every level imaginable.
[...]Professor Jari Hietanen reports the less clothes the models wore, the quicker each volunteer’s grey matter kicked into action.
This may have roots in how our cave-man ancestor identified a potential mate. It was easier if they were naked.
Accurate experimental findings, faulty logic, and wrong conclusion (or at least: misleading article).
The electrical activity increased, but not in the higher brain centers (the prefrontal lobes). Cognitive powers were not enhanced. Rather, the activity in the limbic system (reptilian brain) - responsible for instinctive behavior (like evaluating the sexual attractiveness of potential mates - increased.
Looking at images of nude woman would NOT enhance the ability of a normal male subject to solve analytical problems (e.g., mathematical equations or logical deductions). Rather, certain instinctive processes would be triggered, helping him to determine whether the subject at hand was beddable, or worth bedding.
Regards,
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