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Sex Makes Your Brain Grow

Posted by michael on from the no-wonder-i-need-a-larger-hat dept.

McLuhanesque writes "The Globe and Mail is reporting the findings of two researchers that "Mating triggers the development of new neurons in the smell centre of the brain, a finding researchers hope will provide clues on how to trick other parts of the vital organ to repair themselves after injuries caused by strokes or head traumas. ... Dr. Weiss and his colleagues discovered that prolactin levels -- and consequently new neuron production -- surge after mating ... And they found that if prolactin was introduced to the blood system by injection, it also stimulated production of new neurons for the olfactory bulb." For those with a subscription to Science, the abstract of the full article is here ."

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  1. Sex Makes Your Brain Grow by reyalsnogard · · Score: 4, Funny

    .. that's not all that it makes grow! O=)

  2. So I was smart to loose my virginity by Deanasc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on baby... Don't you want to feel beautiful? Don't you know it'll make you smarter? Come on sugar and give it to me... Of course I love you.

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  3. Disclaimer: by uradu · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does not work with manual override. Sorry guys!

  4. Re:hmm I wonder if.. by Deanasc · · Score: 4, Funny
    if they include masterbation as sex

    If that were true then the world wouldn't be so full of morons.

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  5. Hmm... by happypizzaguy · · Score: 4, Funny

    And how does this concern the average Slashdot reader?

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  6. RTFA - It's NOT Making You Smarter by 0x69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    READ THE ARTICLE - it says that both sex and pregnancy add nerve cells to the part of the brain that handles SMELL. NOT IQ. NOT memory.

    Maybe this explains morning sickness. Any why she starts bitching about your dirty clothes, room, etc. after a while. And why her perfume doesn't smell as cool as it used to.

    Maybe this ain't so good after all, eh?

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    1. Re:RTFA - It's NOT Making You Smarter by budalite · · Score: 4, Funny

      What? Well, That stinks!

  7. Next week's science article: by LordHunter317 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Science: Slashdot Has Effects Opposite Those of Sex

    1. Re:Next week's science article: by Dr+Caleb · · Score: 3, Funny
      Huh? I don't get it.

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  8. Maybe... by charlie763 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...that's why I can't smell anything.

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  9. First post? by sporty · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bah, screw first post. First *grunt*! :) Yeah, i'll burn for that.

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  10. Does this mean? by metalhed77 · · Score: 2, Funny

    That all slashdoters have had the maximum amount of sex in a previous lifetime?

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    1. Re:Does this mean? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You're new here, right?

  11. No wonder folks tell me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...I have a "swelled head." (Or maybe they're saying I have a "swell head"?) Aw stop it, you're making me blush.

  12. Re:If it works in humans... by Alsee · · Score: 4, Funny
    That would be an interesting grant proposal...

    Itemized list of expenses:

    Item 14: $119.95 for 4 gross single use sterile latex health barriers.

    Item 15: $100 per subject per session for physiological stimulation experts.

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  13. Re:If it works in humans... by 0x0d0a · · Score: 3, Funny

    That would be an interesting grant proposal...

    I'll say. "Hookers for parapalegics" simply has a ring to it that some boring Los Alamos fund mismanagement fails to excite.

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  14. I knew it! by tgrigsby · · Score: 2, Funny

    Einstein was a sex GOD!

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  15. Just image what they would be like w/o sex by lukme · · Score: 2, Funny

    How smart were they before they had sex? I think this topic needs further investigation. May I be a research subject?