i think this occurs regardless of gender. extreme feelings, be they lust or jealousy or whatever, can trump reason. pretty obvious fact of being human.
Interacting with women can impair men's cognitive functioning
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Re: Interacting with women can impair men's cognitive functioning
#12I suspect that it is like with money: the lack of "interacting with women" may impair men's cognitive functioning much more severely.
That seems implausible to me.
The theory behind it is presented to quite a high level of detail in Cryptonomicon, almost to the point to make you believe it if you've ever gone through something like it.
Re: Interacting with women can impair men's cognitive functioning
#13The study claims to have "some interesting practical and theoretical implications, for example with regard to recently revived debates about single-sex vs. coed schools." Perhaps, but my impression is that the study consists of situations where the "confederates" are not previously acquainted, which would not likely be the case in a school setting.
Re: Interacting with women can impair men's cognitive functioning
#14They discovered that when talking one on one with a hot girl, most guys do not reason at their best!! On other news, they also discovered that ice is cold and that windows is not virus-free.
I think I first heard it from Robbin Williams stand-up:
God gave you a penis and a brain, and only enough blood to run one at a time
God gave us 2 heads and just enough blood to use one at a time