Regardless if gender being around intelligent people tends to make one smarter. Being around less intelligent people makes one less so. Did psych today control for that?

Men are biologically ruled by hope/need for sex...get over it.

Not surprised hormones kick in with sexual desire cognitive decline starts taking a back seat to procreation

I'd like to know how big that cognitive drop is and how long it lasts.

Psychology Today isn't my "go to" for Psych news because they can be vague. But it is a fascinating idea that the opposite sex literally makes us a bit stupid while we are in our prime (for reproduction).

Nah, they are already bumbling as it is they don't need any help from us, he, he.

It often has an effect on me. What I feel is ...here’s someone wired very different than I, thus possibly possessing traits I lack. So I pay attention. Not all are exemplary, of course, but they will get my initial attention..

...I did not head to the link - too many regrettable deadends when clicking on those, so I do my best to go by what’s posted in ‘the entro.’ ..sure wish folks would make more of an effort to describe in their own words what they gleaned from a piece..