Want to catch a lady's eye? Don't smile, study says. Courtesty of Jessica Tracy Here's a composite of images used in the new study.
Sorry, smiling dude in the white T-shirt -- the women in this study did not find you sexually attractive. By Melissa Dahl, NBC News A note to single dudes: If you're looking to pick up a woman at a bar, whatever you do -- don't smile at her. Women are actually less sexually attracted to smiley, happy men, suggests a new University of British Columbia study, published online today in the journal Emotion. Professor: Pain of ostracism can be deep, long-lasting. Public release date: 10-May-2011 [ Print | E-mail Share ] [ Close Window ] Contact: Amy Patterson Neubertapatterson@purdue.edu 765-494-9723Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Ostracism or exclusion may not leave external scars, but it can cause pain that often is deeper and lasts longer than a physical injury, according to a Purdue University expert.
"Being excluded or ostracized is an invisible form of bullying that doesn't leave bruises, and therefore we often underestimate its impact," said Kipling D. Williams, a professor of psychological sciences. Limbic System: The Center of Emotions. This structure has ample connections with the other prosencephalic areas and the mesencephalus.
Lesions of the hypothalamic nuclei interfere with several vegetative functions and some of the so-called motivated behaviors, like thermal regulation, sexuality, combativeness, hunger and thirst. The hypothalamus is also believed to play a role in emotion. Specifically, its lateral parts seem to be involved with pleasure and rage, while the median part is like to be involved with aversion, displeasure and a tendency to uncontrollable and loud laughing. However, in general terms, the hypothalamus has more to do with the expression (symptomatic manifestations) of emotions than with the genesis of the affective states.