In news that will surprise absolutely no one, researchers have found that men get so flummoxed when speaking to attractive women — using up most of their cognitive abilities trying to impress them — that they sometimes forget basic personal information like their own addresses!
Research showed that if (presumably straight) men spent even a few minutes with an attractive woman, they didn’t perform as well on tests that measure brain function than they did after speaking to someone they didn’t find attractive. Women didn’t seem to have this reaction in the presence of men they considered handsome.
Although psychologist Dr. George Fieldman of the British Psychological Society had a genetic/evolutionary explanation for this reaction, that men are “programmed to think about ways to pass on their genes,” I wonder how the study would have worked if they had gay men talking to men they found attractive. Would they be so flustered by their attraction they performed poorly on cognitive tests, too? Would researchers be able to argue that their distraction was “reproductively focused”?
Maybe men are just horndogs? (That's my unscientific conclusion.) What do you think?
Emilio Pucci
So maybe it's not such a bad thing if you find yourself continually surrounded by idiots?
1LOL pistil!!!
I read this and told my hubby that it's apparently not that I've gotten smarter over the years, it's that he's just gotten dumber
2I can believe this one.
3Percent of intelligent, attractive women who are surprised by this? 0%.
4This makes sense.
But truthfully, I think I'm the same way, in spite of what the study says. I get tongue-tied and flustered around someone I find attractive. I guess as a female, I'm in the minority.
5LMFAO chatondeneige!
6It's true. They have they're mind on one thing and their mouth is still trying to go.
7I'm with you Glowingmoon. I am surprised this didn't happen to women too. There have been some moments where I came off as a total ditz b/c I found the guy I was talking to attractive.
8Hilarious. Though I must admit, I get pretty flummoxed in the presence of superhot men, so I can't really blame the guys for having that reaction.
9it is woman who can confuse us
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