Me theorizing two weeks ago: We should expect men to be more self-aware, transparent, and simple regarding their feelings about short-term sexual attractions, while women have more complex, layered, and opaque feelings on this subject. In contrast, women should be more more self-aware, transparent, and simple regarding their feelings about long-term pair-bonding, while men have more complex, layered, and opaque feelings on this subject. By being more opaque on sensitive subjects, we can keep ourselves from giving off clear signals of an inclination to betray. (
I was not on beta blockers during the Challenger crash,but was taking them on 9/11 when the Empire State building was knocked down."We predicted that, relative to placebo, [memory inhibitor] propranolol would impair memory for information central to the story line, but not memory for peripheral story details in men. Conversely, propranolol would impair memory for peripheral details, but not for central information in women. Here we confirm this prediction."
I agree with Jess. But this post fits a pattern.The propositions rest on a houses of cards. What theories would logic dictate if any of the supporting studies were falsified?
Given these assumptions we should expect emotional men to be more in far mode, and emotional women to be more in near mode. (At least if mating-related emotions are a big part of emotions overall.) And since far modes tend to have a more positive mood, we should expect men to have more positive emotions, and women more negative.In fact, even thought overall men and women are just as emotional, men report more positive and less negative emotions than women.
I count one bit of prediction, and one bit of retrodiction. That doesn't seem nearly sufficient to support this story, yet. I guess that's what blog posts are for.
Analysis is Far, romance is Near: http://www.physorg.com/news...
I was not on beta blockers during the Challenger crash,but was taking them on 9/11 when the Empire State building was knocked down."We predicted that, relative to placebo, [memory inhibitor] propranolol would impair memory for information central to the story line, but not memory for peripheral story details in men. Conversely, propranolol would impair memory for peripheral details, but not for central information in women. Here we confirm this prediction."
I agree with Jess. But this post fits a pattern.The propositions rest on a houses of cards. What theories would logic dictate if any of the supporting studies were falsified?
Given these assumptions we should expect emotional men to be more in far mode, and emotional women to be more in near mode. (At least if mating-related emotions are a big part of emotions overall.) And since far modes tend to have a more positive mood, we should expect men to have more positive emotions, and women more negative.In fact, even thought overall men and women are just as emotional, men report more positive and less negative emotions than women.
I count one bit of prediction, and one bit of retrodiction. That doesn't seem nearly sufficient to support this story, yet. I guess that's what blog posts are for.