The Human Mating Call
Are good dancers more likely to ‘get some’? It turns out that our dance clubs aren’t so different from the local watering hole for animals, and in fact, dancing may act as a human mating call!
via AsapSCIENCE.
Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).
4 Unusual Animal Mating Habits
Sex can be weird. It can be even weirder if you’re a whiptail lizard. And for praying mantises, it can be downright dangerous! Laci Green lists some of the strangest mating rituals in the animal kingdom.
via DNews Channel.
Wear a Kilt for Higher Sperm Count
There are a lot of myths surrounding male infertility and what actually increases a man’s sperm count. Trace reports on why one study claims a kilt may just do the trick!
via DNews Channel.
Wild Sex Ep19 - Chastity Belt
Anti-aphrodisiacs, penis sacrifice, vaginal plugging … when it comes to ensuring their own reproductive success, males from these animal species are prepared to go to extremes to keep their mates on the straight and narrow.
by Earth Touch.
Wild Sex Ep18 - Share If You Want Sex
If you want to get lucky with the ladies you’d better learn to share. Just ask a few apes. In this episode of Wild Sex, female orangutans put potential partners to the test by shamelessly swiping their food — and only the most generous males will get the girl.
by Earth Touch.
Wild Sex Ep17 - F* Like Rabbits
This time on Wild Sex, find out why rabbits deserve their frisky reputation, why tiger sex is a prickly affair and why you never (ever!) want to be anywhere near a copulating camel. And to end off, some tips on technique from a crab!
by Earth Touch.
The G-Spot! (It’s A Thing)
Maybe we’ll stop arguing about it now?
References/Further Reading:
Skene’s Glands:
http://dodsonandross.com/sexfeature/g-spot-revisited
The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure
http://www.amazon.com/The-Ultimate-Guide-Prostate-Pleasure/dp/1573449040
by Laci Green.
http://www.facebook.com/officiallacigreen
http://www.twitter.com/gogreen18
http://lacigreen.tumblr.com
Wild Sex Ep16 - Fifty Shades of BDSM
What you’re about to see is going to make ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ seem like Cinderella. Don’t believe us? Well, get ready for genitals that become weapons, a side order of cannibalism, a few sexual stab wounds and maybe a round of penis fencing … It’s BDSM in the animal kingdom.
by Earth Touch.
Wild Sex Ep15 - Group Sex
Monogamy begone! This week, we’re looking at animal species that enjoy the biological benefits of multiple mates. Whether it’s the writhing orgies of garter snakes or the whipped-up debauchery of the foam nest frog, sometimes a little promiscuity goes a long way.
by Earth Touch.
Wild Sex Ep 14 - Dirty Sex
This time on Wild Sex, we’re getting down & dirty. Really dirty. Find out why porcupine sex involves golden showers, why hippos use their tails like high-powered poo propellers & why giraffe males must be urine-swilling connoisseurs if they want to hook up…
by Earth Touch.
Wild Sex Ep13 - Masturbation
Humans are not the only animals who sometimes take things into their own hands when it comes to sex — countless other species do it too. From crickets & their ‘autonomous sperm ejections’, to sneaky masturbating iguanas & some squirrel genital grooming, going solo can have some surprising evolutionary benefits.
by Earth Touch.
Males’ Superior Spatial Ability is not Evolutionary
via laboratoryequipment:
Males and females differ in a lot of traits (besides the obvious ones) and some evolutionary psychologists have proposed hypotheses to explain why. Some argue, for example, that males’ slight, but significant, superiority in spatial navigation over females – a phenomenon demonstrated repeatedly in many species, including humans – is probably “adaptive,” meaning that over the course of evolutionary history the trait gave males an advantage that led them to have more offspring than their peers.
A new analysis published in The Quarterly Review of Biology found no support for this hypothesis. The researchers, led by Univ. of Illinois psychology professor Justin Rhodes, looked at 35 studies that included data about the territorial ranges and spatial abilities of 11 species of animals: cuttlefish, deer mice, horses, humans, laboratory mice, meadow voles, pine voles, prairie voles, rats, rhesus macaques and talastuco-tucos (a type of burrowing rodent). Rhodes and his colleagues found that in eight out of 11 species, males demonstrated moderately superior spatial skills to their female counterparts, regardless of the size of their territories or the extent to which males ranged farther than females of the same species.
Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/videos/2013/02/males-superior-spatial-ability-not-evolutionary
The Science of Pornography Addiction (SFW)
It’s the number one topic for internet searches, but do we ever consider how pornography can have lasting neuroplastic effects? Discover the hard science behind the ‘porn epidemic’ - the internet’s drug of choice.
Further Reading —
Is Porn an Addiction?
1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3050060/
The Great Porn Experiment:
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wSF82AwSDiU
Brain Plasticity:
1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11252991
2) http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1995-44134-001
3) http://www.pnas.org/content/100/3/1405.full
Relationship Effects:
1) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ab.20328/abstract
2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22449010
3) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21259151
Books:
1) The Brain That Changes Itself - Norman Doidge, M.D.
2) The Alchemy of Love and Lust - T.L. Crenshaw
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Men and Women Ain’t So Different
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus….or are they? Couldn’t we all just be from Earth? Finally science has produced evidence that supports what we already knew — the whole “men are from Mars, women are from Venus” trope is false. According to a new study from the University of Rochester, men and women don’t have such distinct psychological characteristics after all. Watch Laci and Trace as they delve into the classic gender debate.
Learn More:
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-02/science-confirms-obvious-men-and-women-arent-different
http://www.psych.rochester.edu/people/reis_harry/assets/pdf/CarothersReis_2012.pdf
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/04/study-debunks-notion-that-men-and-women-are-psychologically-distinct/
by DNews Channel.
StarTalk w Neil deGrasse Tyson- Dr. Ruth: The Science of Sex
Welcome back to StarTalk hosted by renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Neil is joined by the legendary Dr. Ruth and Kristen Schaal to discuss the Science of Sex.
Guests: Kristen Schaal, Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Play time: Time: 40:19
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