March 21, 2010

To Be a Femme Fatale, Just Stand There and Watch Him Perform

By Mary Helen Miller

If an attractive woman is watching, a young man is more likely to make reckless decisions that can cause him to hurt himself, according to a new study. The study, conducted at University of Queensland, in Australia, found that male skateboarders were more apt to attempt risky tricks in the presence of a good-looking woman. The risks resulted in more successful completions of the trick, as well as more crash landings.

Richard Ronay, a doctoral student in social psychology, conducted