The only reason you’d listen to someone’s poetry collection is if you’re trying to get them into bed.
It’s a tale as old as time but lying (or bending the truth) to get someone to have sex with you is not just common, but natural, according to a study.
According to the findings in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, the brain is hardwired to tell lies to potential sex partners.
Makes sense, considering the brain is wired to increase the chances of pleasure (which is why we repeat pleasurable behaviour such as eating, drinking, and having sex).
Despite something going against your own beliefs or personality, you’re more likely to embellish things or exaggerate their importance to appear in a favourable light.
‘When the possibility of sex looms, people are more likely to change their attitudes and engage in deceptive self-presentation,’ said researchers with the University of Rochester and the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in Israel.
‘In other words, they conform, embellish, and sometimes lie.’
Definitely true of folks on Tinder.
The science whizzes studied the behaviours of more than 600 heterosexual students who interacted with members of the opposite sex.
Those who participated were given scenarios in which they were instructed to take opposite points of view from an attractive stranger they would be chatting to.
But they were split in two – one group was exposed to sexually suggestive images while the other was not.
Results indicated that following sexual priming, participants were more likely to conform to the stranger’s views
In some cases, participants fudged answers about whether they would date someone who worked out or whether they enjoy cuddling.
In a separate study, the researchers found that participants sometimes straight-up lied to a good looking stranger such as on the number of sexual partners they’ve had.
But it’s not all that harmful, scientists concluded.
‘Such attitude changes might be viewed as a subtle exaggeration or as a harmless move to impress or be closer to a potential partner,’ said the researchers.
‘People will do and say just about anything in order to make a connection with an attractive stranger.
‘When your sexual system is activated you are motivated to present yourself in the best light possible. That means you’ll tell a stranger things that make you look better than you really are.’
But let’s keep the lies to a minimum, folks. Or prepare for some awkward mornings after.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/06/in-unsurprising-news-a-study-has-found-that-the-brain-is-wired-to-lie-for-sex-11049022/
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