“Casually mentioning a female instead of a male name was sufficient to impair men’s cognitive performance,” according to a research team from Radboud University in the Netherlands. “Moreover, these effects occur even if men do not get information about the woman’s attractiveness.”
When heterosexual males interact with attractive women, they put so much effort into trying to make a good impression that they don’t have the resources left to think clearly. Caveat: by “males” the scientists mean their usual research animals, university students.
More:
“Sex on the Brain Proves Costly for Men,” Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune
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Spend six minutes with the percussive brain of Human Beatbox champ Reeps One in this video by British researcher Carolyn McGettigan. Thanks to Duke biologist/bass player/blogger Princess Ojiaku for finding this gem.
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Christine O’Donnell, Delaware Republican Senate candidate, meat-eater, and recovering witch, is also a scientific expert. In 2007 she reported on genetic engineering on Fox News:
“American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains.”
Where the heck did that come from? Michael Fumento presents this hypothesis:
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