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Furthermore, researchers believe that just one night of poor sleep for a man is enough to make him think he has a better chance with a women – even if she has no interest in him, a report in the Daily Mail has claimed.
Interestingly, the same effect was not found in women who managed to retain their 'clear-eyed' judgement.
The researchers asked 60 male and female university students to complete a questionnaire before and after one night of sleep deprivation. For the study, the participants were deliberately given a bad night's sleep.
Questions included their sexual interest, how interested they were in commitment and a general interest in the opposite sex.
One of the questions was: 'When a woman goes out to a bar, how likely is it that she is interested in finding someone to have sex with that night?', with the responses showing that men’s ratings of a woman’s sexual interest rises from an average score of 13.5 before the bad night of sleep to 17.5 afterwards.
Lead researcher professor, Jennifer Peszka, of Hendrix College in Arkansas claimed that the findings were comparable to studies done on the effect of alcohol as both impact on the frontal lobe of the brain and affect our ability to make decisions and assess risks.
She explained: "Sleep deprivation could have unexpected effects on perceptual experiences related to mating and dating that could lead people to engage in sexual decisions that they might otherwise not when they are well-rested...
"...Just as with alcohol, sleepy men are judging women and thinking they are more likely to want sex than they did when they were not sleepy.
"And just as in the studies that have used alcohol, we found that women were not affected by sleepiness in their perception of sex."
When asked why women did not experience a similar effect to their male counterparts, researchers said it could be because they are looking for different things.
Professor David Mastin, of University of Arkansas at Little Rock, took part in the study, and said: "Because women are making bigger decisions that are more important to them, they may be making instinctive decisions rather than cognitive ones."
(JP/MH)
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Men 'Overestimate Female Interest' When Tired
A new survey has revealed that men overestimate how interested women are in them when they are tired.Furthermore, researchers believe that just one night of poor sleep for a man is enough to make him think he has a better chance with a women – even if she has no interest in him, a report in the Daily Mail has claimed.
Interestingly, the same effect was not found in women who managed to retain their 'clear-eyed' judgement.
The researchers asked 60 male and female university students to complete a questionnaire before and after one night of sleep deprivation. For the study, the participants were deliberately given a bad night's sleep.
Questions included their sexual interest, how interested they were in commitment and a general interest in the opposite sex.
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One of the questions was: 'When a woman goes out to a bar, how likely is it that she is interested in finding someone to have sex with that night?', with the responses showing that men’s ratings of a woman’s sexual interest rises from an average score of 13.5 before the bad night of sleep to 17.5 afterwards.
Lead researcher professor, Jennifer Peszka, of Hendrix College in Arkansas claimed that the findings were comparable to studies done on the effect of alcohol as both impact on the frontal lobe of the brain and affect our ability to make decisions and assess risks.
She explained: "Sleep deprivation could have unexpected effects on perceptual experiences related to mating and dating that could lead people to engage in sexual decisions that they might otherwise not when they are well-rested...
"...Just as with alcohol, sleepy men are judging women and thinking they are more likely to want sex than they did when they were not sleepy.
"And just as in the studies that have used alcohol, we found that women were not affected by sleepiness in their perception of sex."
When asked why women did not experience a similar effect to their male counterparts, researchers said it could be because they are looking for different things.
Professor David Mastin, of University of Arkansas at Little Rock, took part in the study, and said: "Because women are making bigger decisions that are more important to them, they may be making instinctive decisions rather than cognitive ones."
(JP/MH)
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