In spite of the common belief, erotic photographs evoke different reactions for men and women, theCenter 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.



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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. Powered by http://www.infoniac.com/

Oct 10, 2007 08:22 PM » posted by: TigerCat ... I can't stop laughing at the money-cock thing that guy said xD

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.

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...

Sep 10, 2007 04:45 AM » posted by: Windy ... 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...

Aug 31, 2007 12:00 AM » posted by: Laura ... eyes come first - u can actually understand what kind of person ê ã dealing with

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 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.

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. 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...

Apr 13, 2007 06:41 AM » posted by: Faceman ... Speaking as a man, I agree...especially the eyes.