Staplers, Snakes, and Sex

Do sexy pictures make men more likely to buy expensive sports cars? Possibly, according to Science Daily:

Irrelevant Image Of Attractive Woman Can Make A Man More Willing To Take Big Financial Risks

ScienceDaily (Apr. 5, 2008) -- Attractive women plus cool cars equal brisk sales for auto dealers as men snap up those cars, prompted--or so advertising theory goes--by the association. But is the human male really so easily swayed? ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Sci/Tech, Health
Topics: Psychology
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Apr 13, 2008 - 8:44 AM PDT
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Leo Romero
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by Leo Romero - Oct. 1, 2008
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Dennis A. Abbott
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by Dennis A. Abbott - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a report of an attempt to reveal, with a statistically insignificant sample. why sex sells products. Possibly interesting to those who study the brain, and reassuring to advertisers.

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Bourne Morris
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by Bourne Morris - Oct. 1, 2008

"The study only involved 15 heterosexual young men at Stanford University." Hardly representative or ready for publication.

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