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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Research reported in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology has shown that men go “gaga” over attractive women. Who didn’t know that they lose their minds (while women keep theirs)? I have met men who get nervous or stutter when they are talking and I also talk with women who have reported that their husbands “get weird” around certain women. We joke about this, but now there is research that actually proves it.
The study measured brain function in 40 male heterosexual student volunteers, who were asked to perform a memory test with a stream of letters and they had to recite quickly if they had seen the letter before. Then they spent several minutes talking to either an attractive woman or man and repeated the test.
The researchers found that even a few minutes with the attractive woman was enough to make the students slower and less accurate. The more they were attracted the worst they did on the memory recall.
They did the same test with women. NO AFFECT AT ALL. The scientists engaging in the research (psychologists Johan C. Karremans, Thijs Verwijmeren, Rila M. Pronk, and
Meyke Reitsma, from Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands) suggested that the evolutionary processes have programmed men to regard women as potential mates. This causes a temporary focus on trying to impress the woman and therefore he has little brain power left to perform the task he is assigned. The man is basically concentrating on trying to reproduce to spread his genes. What is the woman thinking about when she is performing the test and in the presence of an attractive man? Most likely she is concerned with performing the test well, and isn’t necessarily wowed by a good looking guy. She prefers a man who is kind, secure, wealthy, and looks like he can physically procreate (but these won’t interfere with her taking the test).
If you are taking a test, and are a man, the key may be to wear blinders. I am not sure the officials giving the test will acquiesce and you may look silly, but you also may ACE the test.
Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC, is featured on TLC’s new series, Big Medicine which completed season one and two. She is also a contributing expert for Cosmopolitan magazine, Women’s Health, First, and Seventeen magazine. Mary Jo has a syndicated column (Note to Self) in the Houston Chronicle, is a contributing columnist to HealthNewsDigest.com and “Ask Mary Jo” in Houston Family Magazine. She is an intimacy and sex counselor, and specializes in empowering relationships. She has worked with the Pelvic restorative center at Methodist Hospital since 2007.
Mary Jo is a popular speaker across the nation, with multiple repeat requests to serve as key-note speaker for national conferences. Her dynamic style is particularly engaging for those dealing with intimacy issues and relationship challenges, or those simply hanging on to unasked questions about sex in relationships. She was recently a major participant in a symposium for young girls dealing with body image and helping girls become strong women. Rapini is the author of Is God Pink? Dying to Heal and co-author of Start Talking: A Girl’s Guide for You and Your Mom about Health, Sex or Whatever. She has appeared on television programs including Montel, Fox Morning News and various Houston television and radio programs. Keep up with the latest advice at http://maryjorapini.com
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