Posted on 09/04/2009 10:48:52 AM PDT by Clint Williams
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"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."
I’m bad, I’m bad, you know it....
Saw a wonderful example of this happening in reverse last night.
Uhhhh, . . . . . huh?
That the men inventing those things weren’t around too many beautiful women or were such nerds that they didn’t notice.
I don’t think men become stupid. I think they know exactly what they want at that moment. How is that stupid?
That they think "everything" means fewer than 100%?
Exactly. What this study fails to take into account is since men can think in 2 areas at ONCE, say 150% in one area (or harder) and 50% in the other, they can think at a 200% level compared to OTHER people. ;-)
Ah, geez, now you ruined the picture with that animated freak!
Now that’s funny right there.
I see a “battery container” wasn’t invented until 1986? Oh, the humanity...
You're right, and women have been using that approach for centuries to get what they want from men.
It’s true. You know “The power of pussy” and all that.
Can you beleeb it? Why, the Chia Pet was already with us!
Looks like they left Madame Curie off the list...
Actually, I was going to inject a little in depth humor as to why a woman would invent a battery container, but the vibe was off.
Further studies showed that if the men were allowed to have sex with the women they could no longer be bothered into even taking the follow-up tests. Instead, they either rolled over and went to sleep, or went out to "pick up some beer" and never came back...
CAUTION - Helen Thomas picture at reply #3.
Ohhhh kay. Now I get it.
That’s pretty good.
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