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| Of Beauty and Men |
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| Barr |
| 01/28/03 at 06:24:08 |
| Assalamu'alaikum, Thought you may find this interesting, inshaAllah... and more reasons to lower the gaze :) [i]We have indeed created man in the best of moulds, Then do We abase him (to be) the lowest of the low,- Except such as believe and do righteous deeds: For they shall have a reward unfailing." Surah At-Tin: 5-6[/i] Allahua'lam ====================== [u]Study Finds Beauty Affects Male Brain Like Food, Drugs[/u] Friday, November 09, 2001 BOSTON FoxNews - Seeing a beautiful woman triggers a pleasure response in a man's brain similar to what a hungry person gets from eating or an addict gets from a fix, scientists say. Researchers said the study, published Wednesday in the journal Neuron, shows that feminine beauty affects a man's brain at a very primal level, not on some higher, more intellectual plane. "Beauty is working similar to a drug," said Dan Ariely of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management, a co-author of the study. Researchers showed a group of heterosexual men in their mid-20s pictures of men and women of varying attractiveness, while measuring the brain's responses through computer imaging. The beautiful women were found to activate the same "reward circuits" as food and cocaine do. The men had a negative reaction to pictures of good-looking males, suggesting they were threatened by them, study author Hans Breiter said. Breiter said evidence that beauty stimulates these primal brain circuits has never been shown. He said the findings counter arguments that beauty is nothing more than the product of society's values. "This is hard-core circuitry," Breiter said. "This is not a conditioned response." Scientists said the findings could have major implications for research into what motivates people. "We think of these things as products of a very high level of thought," said John Mazziotta, director of the Brain Mapping Center at the University of California at Los Angeles, "and it may be very basic and fundamental." |
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| BrKhalid |
| 01/28/03 at 07:46:13 |
| Asalaamu Alaikum ;-) [quote]Seeing a beautiful woman triggers a pleasure response in a man's brain similar to what a hungry person gets from eating or an addict gets from a fix, scientists say..[/quote] Interesting…reminded me of the fkllowing hadith: [color=Blue]If anyone of you is attracted to a woman, let him go to his wife and have intercourse with her, for that will calm him down." [Muslim][/color] |
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| BroHanif |
| 01/28/03 at 16:06:12 |
| Define Beauty someone |
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| Moe_D |
| 01/28/03 at 16:46:20 |
| [quote]Define Beauty someone [/quote] ummmm ive always hered this definition and i agree with it "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder" |
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| jaihoon |
| 01/29/03 at 05:49:06 |
| [quote author=Barr link=board=bro;num=1043753048;start=0#0 date=01/28/03 at 06:24:08]Assalamu'alaikum, Researchers said the study, published Wednesday in the journal Neuron, shows that feminine beauty affects a man's brain at a very primal level, not on some higher, more intellectual plane. [/quote] True, very true. ;) No wonder what is beautiful is not always intellectual :P |
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| Barr |
| 01/29/03 at 06:31:11 |
| Assalamu'alaikum, [quote]Define Beauty someone [/quote] Akhi, I think the article defines beauty in terms of the physical attractiveness of a woman when seen by the physical eye.. And I think its just natural that such beauty would stimulate the more primal level, as it deals with a person's nafs (base desires), rather than a person's aql (intellect). Controlling the nafs needs the aql and a striving heart. Unlike the beauty defined in the article above, I think it takes a lot more (brainwork *ahem* ;)) for a person to see the beauty from the eye of the heart that is defined and guided by the Qur'an.... the kind of beauty for those who reflect. Allahua'lam :-) |
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| Emerald |
| 01/30/03 at 21:07:13 |
| I'm surprised this article didn't mention women having the same effects towards attractive men. It does, that's why we have to lower our gazes too. Interesting article though. Thanks for posting it. |
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