Will boink for brains

[robomarkov]

Sex Boosts Brain Growth, Study SuggestsBy Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience Contributor

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[robomarkov]

Are any of you other guys out there feeling stupid?

[richarddbrewer]

I are being stupidist by the moment. :)

[weavedancer]

I am getting increasingly frustrated by 'scientific reporting'. The study wasn't studying sex, they were studying stress; there were no intelligence assays, just anxiety assays and histological studies of cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus. You see this same phenomenon (increased cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus and hippocampus) just by putting the rat into a new cage (environment enrichment) or by a reward protocol (this is the area that goes nuts during addiction), or a neuronal ischemia (stroke). The only time they mention anything regarding intelligence is the last sentence of the discussion "The extent to which fundamentally aversive experiences can be recast as positive through learning, thus minimizing their damaging influence, remains to be determined." They haven't done the studies yet

[robomarkov]

I be getting dumber by the minute! It must be true! I reads it on the Intertubes!

... so much for new pick-up lines like "wanna watch my brain grow?" and "how about some dendritic interconnect?"

[weavedancer]

Heh. I recommend using those lines anyways. Blunt force trama will get you some excellent swelling and plasticity is hot with the ladies these days. :)