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JoeyM GRM+ Memberand Dork
9/13/10 8:21 p.m.

The researchers didn't consider the idea that car guys just like cars. Impressing women has nothing to do with that like.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1311477/The-Porsche-effect-Why-racy-women-turn-man-racy-cars.html

The Daily Mail said: The Porsche effect: Why racy women turn a man to racy cars Ladies, if the man of your dreams becomes distracted by a passing sports car while talking to you, do not despair. It means he likes you. If, however, he starts talking about towels or toasters, he is just not interested. Racy: The sight of an attractive woman sparks a man's interest in luxury goods from designer watches to flash cars such as Porsches and Ferraris Research shows that the sight of an attractive woman sparks a man’s interest in luxury goods from designer watches to flash cars such as Porsches and Ferraris. It is thought he is subconsciously working out how he could afford them, in a bid to prove he is financially sound – and a good catch. A frumpy female, on the other hand, inspires thoughts of a more mundane kind, say the researchers from Amsterdam’s VU University. More than 100 young men were introduced to a woman researcher and asked to memorise a list that featured everyday household goods such as towels and mugs as well as Maseratis and mansions. Sometimes the researcher was dressed in jeans and trainers; other times she had on a denim mini-skirt and a low-cut top. When the woman was plainly dressed, the single men were better at remembering the day-to-day items. But when she was more glamorous, the luxury goods were at the forefront of their minds, the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology reports. The woman’s appearance had little effect on the married men’s memory, suggesting the single men had been trying to work out ways of making themselves be noticed.