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Valuable Objects Stimulate Brain More Than Junk

Roland Piquepaille writes "According to researchers at the University of California at San Diego, visual areas of our brain respond more to valuable objects than other ones. In other words, our brain has stronger reactions when we see a diamond ring than we look at junk. Similarly, our brain vision areas are more excited by a Ferrari than, say, a Tata new Nano car. In this holiday season, I'm sure you've received gifts that excited your brain — and others that you already want to resell on an auction site."

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  1. Re:Sorting Mechanism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Right. this has biological applications as well. For example, this is a lot like how women see dicks.

    When a woman of any color sees a black dick, her eyes will light up and her pupils will dialate to the size of dinner plates. Then she will "pschaw" her head away because she is pretending publically that she hasn't been made sopping wet through her arousal of the huge dick.

    When a woman sees a white or hispanic dick she'll break an honest, light-hearted smile and say, "Wow, that's a big weenie you have there!" but the corners of her mouth will quickly fall afterward as she changes the subject.

    When a woman sees an Asian dick she says, "Woo-HOO-ha ha ha haaaa! Hee hee ho hoo hahahahahaHAAAAAAA!" which is Mandarin Chinese for , "Hmm, we'll have to use your fist instead".

  2. this is unprecedented by SoupGuru · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is important news! I think these scientists should be commended for their efforts. Just having the audacity to pursue funding for such an outrageous and fringe topic is surely a rarity in scientists these days. After all their hard work it must be gratifying to have their results come to such a clear and decisive conclusion that will likely impact humankind for generations. Bravo!

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  3. Re:Sorting Mechanism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah I don't know about the Asian dick thing, even the skinny ass Asian trannies have big dicks: http://www.fat-fuck-bbw.com/picgallery/ladyboy/shower/index.html