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Posted: Submitted by Seosamh on Thu, 2006-04-20 14:41.


Sex cues ruin men's decisiveness

Catching sight of a pretty woman really is enough to throw a man's decision-making skills into disarray, a study suggests.

The more testosterone he has, the stronger the effect, according to work by Belgian researchers.

Men about to play a financial game were shown images of sexy women or lingerie.

The Proceedings of the Royal Society B study found they were more likely to accept unfair offers than men not been exposed to the alluring images.

The suggestion is that the sexual cues distract the men's thoughts, preventing them from focusing on their task - particularly among those with high natural testosterone levels.

The University of Leuven researchers gave 176 heterosexual male student volunteers aged 18 to 28 financial games to test their fair play.

Corkwoman is first Irish woman to win World Indoor Gold

Submitted by Ruairi Hatchell on Mon, 2006-03-13 12:47. :: Sport | Other

Steps that led O'Rourke to glory
RICHARD LEWIS IN MOSCOW

The Cork athlete is the new world indoor 60m hurdles champion, a
reward for all her hard work

OUTSIDE the amazing Olympijski Arena, snow is everywhere. Temperatures
are minus seven and the weather is deteriorating. Inside, sobering
words about the heat of Portugal were more than welcome, though when
Ireland's Derval O'Rourke talked about them, she could never have
realised what two weeks in the sun would do to her career.
In January, she travelled for warm-weather training to Portugal,
determined it would provide the foundation for a tilt at becoming the

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