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On Jan 7, 2011, at 9:10 AM, "Mike Palij" <m...@nyu.edu> wrote: > But probably not in the way you might think it does. The NY Times > has a news article based on research published in this week's Science > on the effect of "sniffing" women's tears (shed to, say, a "tear jerker" > of a movie like "Terms of Endearment") on men's responses on a variety > of measures. For the NY Times article, see: > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/science/07tears.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha3&pagewanted=all > > Perhaps the following quotes best summarizes the point of the research: > > |The researchers accidentally happened upon the evidence that women’s > |tears make men feel as if they have taken a cold shower. > | > |They had assumed chemical signals from tears would trigger sadness or > |empathy in others. But initial experiments found that sniffing women’s tears > |did not affect men’s mood or empathy, but “had a pronounced influence > |on sexual arousal, a surprise,” Dr. Sobel said. > > And > > |In several experiments, researchers found that men who sniffed drops > |of women’s emotional tears became less sexually aroused than when > |they sniffed a neutral saline solution that had been dribbled down > |women’s cheeks. While the studies were not large, the findings showed > |up in a variety of ways, including testosterone levels, skin responses, > |brain imaging and the men’s descriptions of their arousal. > > Not addressed in the NY Times article is whether rapists have the same > response. My feeling is that they may not but it's an empirical questions. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: slil...@emory.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9b2f&n=T&l=tips&o=7735 > or send a blank email to > leave-7735-13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7742 or send a blank email to leave-7742-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
