Thursday, 12 Apr, 2007
Science
Men look at face, women look down there
In spite of the common believe erotic photographs evoke different reactions for men and women , Center of Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN) study says. Women show more interest and pay more attention to sexual acts and men focus on faces.
Women and men were tested on visual response to erotic photographs that depicted sexual act to make clear the nature of sexual urges and its influence on health. The tests were made using eye-tracking technology that show the visual focus on various body parts. It was supposed that typical response to sexual stimuli would be women looking at faces and men looking at genitals. However, the results were unexpected and quite the opposite. Women were more attracted at sexual acts first and men would pay their attention at faces.
Previous study, published in Hormones and Behavior magazine concluded that sexual stimuli outlines gender differences, particularly for brain activity of men and women. Presumably women who took hormonal pills were more often focused on genitals and those who took no pills paid their attention to the context of the picture. Although it is known that men would more readily respond to visual stimulation, their concentration is initially less sexually oriented.
Researches suggest, that key to the findings may lie in peculiarities of brain activities in certain sections. From one of the fMRI (Functional magnetic resonance imaging) studies, conducted by Dr. Hamann and Wallen, where amygdalia brain section was examined, gender differences were prominently seen. Men showed increased brain activity in amygdalia viewing sexual stimuli. As amygdalia is known to deal with our emotions, there can be a link between this part of the brain and men's reaction to faces.
These scottsdale women are examples of women's beautiful faces, looking at which men could use their amygdalia to stir up their emotions.
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- 1 votes
//48 Aug 24, 2010 05:15 PM | posted by:
mark - men attracts women thru thre facial reactions during sexual contact. . .thats why men alwys staring at the face of women. .
- 1 votes
//47 Aug 24, 2010 09:02 AM | posted by: anon - lol I don't understand why women would be interested in seeing some long bang bang
dear goodness
I guess cause they think if they look and it's large well they are gonna say to themselves they are gonna have a great time.
better to not look at one. - 1 votes
//46 Aug 21, 2010 05:30 AM | posted by: boobs guy - I am attracted to women with good-looking face,boobs,butt and the shape of the body ! Anyway,i recently found some girls staring at my downstairs and i felt very uneasy ! can some one please help me ???
- 2 votes
//45 Jul 23, 2010 11:26 PM | posted by: Jenny - What this study doesn't say is WHY women look "down there." I'll tell you why - it's because us women don't want to look at the face of a stranger and imagine having sex with him. We'll look at the sex and not the person, then we'll imagine the person we want to be with, because we don't want to imagine sex with someone we don't have any emotional connection to. So it's not because we're more into sex or are more crass than men, it's because we don't want to share our sexual fantasy with a guy in a picture that we don't know and don't like.
- 0 votes
//44 Jul 23, 2010 11:22 PM | posted by: Man - Women look at my penis and the all say what a handsome guy he can take every girl he want. But the truth is im 30 and i never kissed any girl and dont know what sex is because i cant understand it because i use a lot of drugs for the doctors mistaken non needed depression drugs.
- 0 votes
//43 Jul 23, 2010 09:12 AM | posted by: :)) - Guys, y don't you put theory to the test? Wear some underwear that would accentuate the size of your penis and go for a walk, you'll see women will be more attracted to you. We look down there by instinct, sometimes we don't even realise we are doing it. I've been doing it for many years and realised it only last year and i told my bf that surprisingly us women we look down there all the time. We do it on an unconscious level like 80% of the time and if we stare more than a sec than we start to be conscious and i usually shy away. :)))
And I think it’s true that guys prefer women with pretty face. I have a friend with a very beautiful face and not that much the body and she is more successful with men, especialy keeping longterm relationships, than some of my gfs that have perfect bodies and so so faces. - 1 votes
//42 Jun 25, 2010 05:36 AM | posted by: Talker - I just dont look only in faces.But,I also often look at body shapes and genitals and boobs
- 2 votes
//41 May 07, 2010 10:31 AM | posted by: Unknown - //27,
- 2 votes
//40 Apr 18, 2010 03:04 AM | posted by: shark - no,look at the sorroundings, they has a ,knowlege,an obtain,it has life of value,depend it on.
- 6 votes
//39 Apr 01, 2010 10:21 PM | posted by: rajesh - heloo
- 5 votes
//38 Aug 30, 2009 04:39 PM | posted by: Tshidavhu Ndivhuho freeza - It is something we cannot control, eyes always look where ever there is something interesting, looking at de person eye when you talk to dem gives you a high potential or advantage to be a leader, lol
- 3 votes
//37 Aug 01, 2009 11:59 PM | posted by: fhm - harhar what ever is my comment
makes me angry
i can't find the answer
blabla grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!! - 8 votes
//36 May 25, 2009 07:39 AM | posted by: Aldo - I have been with many women, and I have to say when I strip down naked, the first thing that i notice is that they look at my penis. 98% will comment on how big it is. Yes, I believe women are intensely visual more that what they lead us to believe.
- 4 votes
//33 Apr 29, 2009 03:19 PM | posted by: Raulito - haha, my first instinct is that this study is obviously flawed, there's no links to the data anywhere, but that's not to say it's not true either. What if this is true in certain cultures around the world? True, I was raised to be a gentleman and when asked what is the first thing I look at in a girl, I say her face. But if my waitress has a beautiful body, ie 36-24-36, I'll still look at her face first...but I might look at her body longer. This isn't something I can help. I have millions of years of evolution in me. It's all I can do to barely keep myself from hitting her on the head with a ketchup bottle and mounting her on the salad bar! So, ladies, what would you rather us do? Suddenly, just looking isn't as bad as it sounds, right?
Guys, don't kid yourself. Just looking means a glance. Staring is a whole other story.
I'm more partial to a nicer body because I like to stay athletically fit. So, it would be one more priority we would have in common which is ultimately what leads to each persons decision when deciding what they're really looking for in the opposite sex. - 5 votes
//32 Apr 07, 2009 01:55 AM | posted by: OldArt - Men are attracted to beautiful women. But if you stop to think about it, what causes the attraction and what decides what is beautiful. The answer seems to be evolution. Men attracted to one female body type - the one that can most easily conceive and bear children - will leave behind more children than men attracted to other body types and the children will probably share the fathers preferences. This eventually results in one body type - and face -becoming dominant. (An old doctor once said that the women that he'd most like to jump into bed with were the women who were most likely to pop out progeny without any complications.)
- 6 votes
//31 Feb 06, 2009 11:03 AM | posted by: Rocktrade - This study needs to be studied. Women are not as motivated by a man's body as men are motivated by a womans. Good lord are you people nuts?
If a woman is feeling secure and playful then she may look at a man's bottom but as a man I am am looking at bodies 24/7,... faces second. - 4 votes
//30 Oct 03, 2008 05:51 AM | posted by:
sharaeff [InfoWILD]
- No wonder that men agree with the article...If it said the opposite thing they'd certainly be against it and would say something like: "No, we see the real beauty in the eyes". Of course, everything is very relative here. We don't know who were those tested people, what kind of pictures they were shown. It's quite personal. Finally every person sees what he/she wants to see. If it's something down there, why not??
- 5 votes
//29 Aug 10, 2008 02:09 AM | posted by:
eighvs [InfoTOT]
- true!
- 4 votes
//28 Jul 27, 2008 08:26 AM | posted by:
snsuresh [InfoKID]
- always
- 5 votes
//27 Jul 27, 2008 08:24 AM | posted by:
snsuresh [InfoKID]
- ha ha ha
- 4 votes
//26 Jul 11, 2008 09:11 AM | posted by: rathmussen - I too think that the researchers are missing a bit of a psychological angle...we see naked women much more often than naked men, so naturally it's a bit...not shocking, but maybe transfixing to see male genitalia.
- 8 votes
//25 Jul 07, 2008 08:00 AM | posted by: Jones - To the Davy guy,
You are NOT a woman. We could care less what you were looking at. - 4 votes
//24 Jun 07, 2008 01:49 PM | posted by: Nat - All I can say is thta opposits atracts! I'm a beautiful brunett and I love blond guys!!! wow , the best ! :D
- 6 votes
//23 Jun 03, 2008 05:53 PM | posted by: Krantzstone - The 'On Her Pretty Face'-type facial pr0n industry would not exist if not for this very vital fact. Still no cure for cancer. ;)
- 3 votes
//22 May 03, 2008 04:16 AM | posted by: aeymon - that is true! true beauty can be seen in the eyes! thats why we ladies face first.
- 4 votes
//21 Apr 28, 2008 09:28 AM | posted by: Unknown - preety faces dey say is cool i love women but i also rraspect them alot more my name is jerry ladisev pls talk to me on my addressok pls ladies and gentle men ok pls:jado2play4life@yahoo.com
- 7 votes
//20 Apr 23, 2008 08:31 AM | posted by: nano - noo.. i disagree of that ... !!!!! because that depends on the kind(the nature) of the man & the woman who made the test .. and the environment the man lives in ...
- 12 votes
//19 Apr 21, 2008 05:36 AM | posted by: davy - my name is davy randell and im gay so i def look at the dick first
- 4 votes
//18 Apr 15, 2008 02:17 AM | posted by: . - I agree with you, from my viewpoint as a man, I focus on women eyes not on her body!
- 4 votes
//17 Apr 14, 2008 05:28 AM | posted by:
snsuresh [InfoKID]
- true!
- 6 votes
//16 Apr 10, 2008 07:16 AM | posted by: lc - umm...doni, i definitely never say, "omg a dick put it in me..." i don't know what kind of women you are use to...possibly the ones that make a living out of it, however me along with most women are attracted to a mans looks and personality, but thanks for belittling us to single cell sex slaves. moron.
- 5 votes
//15 Feb 27, 2008 12:09 PM | posted by: doni - guys look at alot of porn more than women, they are less impressed by the nakedness of oposite sex, plus a vagina is a vagina.
girls see a penis and go OMG A DICK PUT IT IN ME!!! - 4 votes
//14 Feb 20, 2008 03:03 PM | posted by: Harry Pritikin - I read a study that showed that for humans the face is the plumage. For survival of the fittest reasons the face tells the observer if the woman is genetically superior. Large breast tell the observer that the woman can nurse a child through the critical first year, even during times of famine. Large hips tell the observer that the woman will not die during child brith. Both items were critical to survival during the first millions of years prior to the advent of moden science. Somehow the face relays the information that the woman is bilogically superior.
- 2 votes
//13 Feb 02, 2008 04:42 AM | posted by: sofocles - yes sunsu negui huateque tequemereque
lerus candelerus vergacianus vargacius
te doy unos vergazos con mi lengua si sigues de
malcriado - 7 votes
//12 Dec 17, 2007 06:06 AM | posted by: Razi Muhammad - Yes. Men definitely like to see face first. Though notentirely for the reason mentioned.
- 3 votes
//11 Dec 03, 2007 12:40 AM | posted by: pinky - hmmm....dfntly tru?hehe...wel as wat i observsed,men do atract @ womens face 1st...nd women 2 d sexual act!!!dats y majority of d gorgeous ladies hav sumkinda average partner,not ugly nd not handsum...toinx
- 7 votes
//10 Dec 03, 2007 12:31 AM | posted by: pinky - hmmm....dfntly tru?hehe...wel as wat i observsed,men do atract @ womens face 1st...nd women 2 d sexual act!!!dats y majority of d gorgeous ladies hav sumkinda average partner,not ugly nd not handsum...toinx
- 6 votes
//9 Oct 10, 2007 08:22 PM | posted by: TigerCat - I can't stop laughing at the money-cock thing that guy said xD
- 4 votes
//8 Oct 02, 2007 03:08 PM | posted by: scott - men have been trained by work place ethics to look into the eyes where as women do it so that nobody thinks they are horny little devils. I have come to work not wearing underwear just to see what women would do and they always go straight for the cock...they do it very quickly. Then they smile REALLY big as though that was their first indication that they are aware of your presence instead of the money shot.
- 6 votes
//7 Sep 28, 2007 12:37 PM | posted by: dumbguy - 1. wallet size.
2. cock size.
3. ability for the man to manipulated by the woman for whatever she wants-needs-desires. if man is "moldable" to this, he is a "great guy".
4. feelings...farce.
5. personality....funny how a drug dealer or a player or a liar can land women easily. the truely nice guy is ignored.
ill repeat...money-cock... - 6 votes
//6 Sep 10, 2007 04:45 AM | posted by:
Windy [InfoMANIAC]
- I think both men and women react not at separate parts of the body but at the whole picture they see and feel, it's is important to have all fragments of your image and personality united in harmony. Then, you will attract other people no matter of your age or sizes...
- 4 votes
//5 Aug 31, 2007 12:00 AM | posted by:
Laura [InfoMANIAC]
- eyes come first - u can actually understand what kind of person к г dealing with
- 4 votes
//4 Aug 09, 2007 12:00 AM | posted by: paul - oh yes, then my real life experiences and any other stuff i learned all these years are true, that men likes not just a great body but really prefer a pretty face, and most women end up with an average guy just because he pleases her maternal urge or she is feeling a big sense of security from him even though he may not look like brad pitt.
i would like to point this topic out in my future blog post if you won't mind.
and to patrizia, i like your way of thinking.. hihihihi - 4 votes
//3 May 13, 2007 10:14 PM | posted by: Rachael (Hong Kong) - One would very much like to know the size of the sample. A recent experiment rather like this tested only 12 members of each sex. Any statistician would assure you that the sample size is FAR too small to draw significant conclusions.
- 4 votes
//2 Apr 13, 2007 09:00 PM | posted by: Patrizia - Although our bodies, in art and in life, are capable of inciting passion merely by being stripped of clothing, the excitement of the male body is less in the way it looks than in the way it does. The male hero may be paunchy, stoop-shouldered, pale, or thin; his appeal lay elsewhere - in the way he looks at us, the way he moves or speaks, how he explors our body.
"If you thought that the first thing that attracts a man to a woman is her body rather than her face, and that the first thing a woman sees in a man is his face rather than his body, well then you better think again, for a new
study has found that the exact opposite is true for both cases."
You didn't need a new study, since it was so clear already, so evident. A man usually looks for a beautiful woman, a woman for a nice man. And when it comes to sex, we perfectly know what nice is.
If you thought that... You were wrong, superficial and may be vain. We women, particularly delight in moving from the beheld to the beholder and from the prone to the predatory. Of course enjoying when men are so blind not seeing it...
- 3 votes
//1 Apr 13, 2007 06:41 AM | posted by: Faceman - Speaking as a man, I agree...especially the eyes.
