Attractive Women Make Men Temporarily Stupid

Ponca City, We love you writes "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."

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There got to be an App for that...

[alain94040]

There got be an iPhone app for that! Wait, actually I had started to spec one. Any developers interested in improving on it?

Quick survey: how much would you be willing to pay for an app to that makes you look smarter in front of "attractive women"?

There got to be a healthy market in there somewhere. I'm sure I could find plenty of beta testers (just like in the study)...

Re:There got to be an App for that...

[Anonymous Coward]

Will you all shut up with that lame "app for that" joke?

Back on-topic, here are some theories who TFA holds true:

• Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
• Men must speak slowly and simply so as not to confuse their dates
• Women don't want talk, they want dick, and so...
• When was the last time you heard a black man talk about computers? They have the large cocks, you don't!

 
  -- Ethanol-fueled

Re:But it goes both ways

[commodore64_love]

>>>what happens between "ooookay" and "thank you. You are such a sweetie" gets quite nasty...

I don't have casual sex. All I really want is a chance to see the woman topless. If she shows me "the goodies" then I'll keep my end of the bargain, and take her out to dinner or a movie. Most women don't really have a problem being topless, once they get over their initial shyness.

Sometimes they'll do it and you don't even have to ask! I remember one time I was visiting a friend's room to copy her classnotes, and while I was there, her roommate walked-in wearing nothing but a towel. I apologized and said I'll leave and she said, "No it's okay." She then proceeded to get dressed in front of me. It was the first time I've ever seen a woman naked, and the memory is burned into my brain.