Nerdy Science Blog

“That guy is nose-picking like I do with my middle finger… Oh man… He’s so SEXY!”

Scientists from National Institutes of Health and two other Italian research institutions studied how imitation promotes social relationship.  Scientists used capuchin monkeys, a highly social species, as a study subject.  It is found that imitation helps stranger to engage a new group of friends better.  Studies showed that researchers who imitated the monkeys are more acceptable by the capuchin monkeys.  The monkeys spent more time with the imitators than non-imitators and it is easier to get the monkeys to engage in simple task by the imitators.

Imitation is also an unconscious behaviour among human beings.  Human beings are normally unaware of such behaviour, and those who were unaware being imitated are likely to feel affection and empathy.  Imitation may be a ticket to promote your social life, but please don’t over-do it.

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Women had no any rights few centuries ago.  Men were the laws.  Men treated women badly and treated them worse than animals.  Women were only babies and biological energies vessels to men.  This could be the problem of men after all.

Susan Fiske and colleaegues at Princeton University studied the male behaviour when they are looking at women in bikinis.  The researcher announced in annual meeting of American Association for Advancement of Science held at Chicago that the brain region that is associated with tool use lighted up when men were shown the photos of skimpily dressed women.  The researcher also found that when these men were shown sexually appealing photos, the brain part for human interaction had no activity.

The study was based on 21 heterosexual male volunteers.  Can this brain scan be a male homosexual detection?  Perhaps the researcher can look into it.

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