• Female touch can influence decisions, behavior
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[url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100513/tsc-life-us-touch-influence-011ccfa.html]Source[/url] [quote]Just a pat on the back or a reassuring touch on the arm can be a powerful tool to influence behavior, according to new research. And it could determine whether someone invests in a risky financial venture or decides to play it safe. "It's a very effective way of suddenly influencing people's behavior without them realizing they are being influenced," said Jonathan Levav, a professor of business and marketing at Columbia University in New York. "If you're a doctor, or are in sales, this is a form of communication you might want to keep in mind," he added in an interview. Levav's findings, which are reported in the journal Psychological Science, are based on a series of experiments involving touch. In one study 67 men and women were asked to choose between a cash payoff and a risky gamble and then touched on the shoulder and back by male and female researchers. Levav and his co-author Jennifer Argo, of the University of Alberta in Canada, found that both sexes were more likely to select gambles with no guarantees of a payoff if they had been made to feel more comfortable, especially if touched by a woman. In another experiment, 105 people were asked to allocate their money between two investments -- a bond that delivered a four percent yearly return or a risky deal with no guaranteed return. Again, people who were lightly touched on the shoulder by a woman were more likely to select the option with the most risk. Levav and Argo suggested that the connection between comfort and risk goes back to our earliest recollections of human bonding. "A simple pat on the back of the shoulder by a female in a way that connotes support may evoke feelings that are similar to the sense of security afforded by a mother's comforting touch in infancy," they wrote in the study.[/quote]
What about a fathers comforting touch? Or an uncles :q:
I feel relatively euphoric when a female touches my shoulder.
Test is bullshit
The size of the woman's chest is generally all that matters to me.
I tend to lend things out and give things away to women more than I do to men. And mostly Asian women only
One of my friends that I admire a lot sometimes squeezes my shoulder. I have tense shoulders and lately have been stressed out but even if she just touches my shoulder I feel completely relieved for the rest of the week.
It isn't like this affects most FPer's :smug:......:frown:
I'm not actually that surprised.
I haven't been touched by a woman in a long time now. :saddowns:
It might have been possible, but after reading the article and realizing it, it probably wouldn't work on me now.
[QUOTE=Livewire2440;21926011]What about a fathers comforting touch? Or an uncles :q:[/QUOTE] This is a valid question concerning the topic at hand. :colbert:
[QUOTE=Livewire2440;21926011]What about a fathers comforting touch? Or an uncles :q:[/QUOTE] [img]http://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/327abaa24f7e53d2257ce384eaea135e.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Livewire2440;21926011]What about a fathers comforting touch? Or an uncles :q:[/QUOTE] Uncle Jerry has a very comforting touch.
[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;21926390][img]http://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/327abaa24f7e53d2257ce384eaea135e.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Sometimes I forget why I still go on the internet, then I see that kids face and laugh every time.
I shall remember this for my next life.
I have trouble saying no to women as is. "Huggy" women are almost impossible to refuse. :3: [editline]04:50PM[/editline] Especially if I'm drunk.
yet another scientific test that would have people other than the scientists saying "no shit, sherlock"
Well, yeah.
It depends on how a chick touches me. All smooth and sexy, maybe. But like a regular push or pat on the back then fuck no.
Rated researchers agree.
Depends where they touch us.
If a girl was doing what your avatar was doing I'd say it could influence your decision
Dressing up as batman and wrestling with your junk?
Just the second part
I wish women would touch me.
[QUOTE=markfu;21933234]If a girl was doing what your avatar was doing I'd say it could influence your decision[/QUOTE] If a girl was jacking off with her dick it would influence my decision?
[QUOTE=Rubs10;21933403]If a girl was jacking off with her dick it would influence my decision?[/QUOTE] it would influence mine.
It's actually really true. Nothing feels better then getting a hug from a good friend (who happens to be a girl.)
[QUOTE=Heroms;21926273]I haven't been touched by a woman in a long time now. :saddowns:[/QUOTE] Pretty much what i was going to say. But when i [i]am[/i] touched, it feels so wonderful. Magnificent, really
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