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Being Horny Makes You Stupid, Study Says, Making The Case That Informed Sexual Decisions Are The Best Ones
We have all done some really stupid things in the pursuit of, well, getting laid. So it will probably not come as a shock to anyone that a new study claims that being horny makes people stupid. Or rather, causes people to have "lower inhibitions" and "impaired decision-making" abilities. So it's not your fault that you do stupid things when you want sex. It's science!
Unsurprisingly, researchers found that people who reported they were more aroused were also more likely to take risks. In the first experiment, people who reported greater sexual arousal were more likely to indicate a willingness to engage in hypothetical unsafe sex practices, while in the second experiment, people the more aroused a person reported they were, the more likely they were to show greater "impulsivity and a greater willingness to make risky plays in the Blackjack game."
We have all done some really stupid things in the pursuit of, well, getting laid. So it will probably not come as a shock to anyone that a new study claims that being horny makes people stupid. Or rather, causes people to have "lower inhibitions" and "impaired decision-making" abilities. So it's not your fault that you do stupid things when you want sex. It's science!
Unsurprisingly, researchers found that people who reported they were more aroused were also more likely to take risks. In the first experiment, people who reported greater sexual arousal were more likely to indicate a willingness to engage in hypothetical unsafe sex practices, while in the second experiment, people the more aroused a person reported they were, the more likely they were to show greater "impulsivity and a greater willingness to make risky plays in the Blackjack game."
