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01-26-2006, 10:36 AM
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1698327.html?menu=
People nervous about public speaking should first have sex to ease the stress, according to a new study.
However, researchers say it has to be full sex and that masturbation is unlikely to have the same effect.:lol
Stuart Brody, a psychologist at Britain's University of Paisley, compared the impact of different sexual activities on blood pressure when a person later undergoes a stressful experience.
Mr Brody asked 24 women and 22 men to keep a diary of their sexual activities for two weeks.
The volunteers then underwent a stressful ordeal that involved making a speech in public and doing mental arithmetic out loud.
The study, published in New Scientist, revealed volunteers who had had penetrative sex during the previous week or so had the least stress, and their blood pressure returned to normal fastest after their test.
Penetrative sex was far more effective in this regard than masturbation or oral sex.
Those who had abstained completely from any sexual activity had the highest stress levels and blood pressure of all.
"The effects are not attributable to the short-term relief afforded by orgasm but, rather, endure for at least a week," Mr Brody said.
He believes that penetrative sex may release a special "pair-bonding" hormone called oxytocin, which accounts for the calming effect.
People nervous about public speaking should first have sex to ease the stress, according to a new study.
However, researchers say it has to be full sex and that masturbation is unlikely to have the same effect.:lol
Stuart Brody, a psychologist at Britain's University of Paisley, compared the impact of different sexual activities on blood pressure when a person later undergoes a stressful experience.
Mr Brody asked 24 women and 22 men to keep a diary of their sexual activities for two weeks.
The volunteers then underwent a stressful ordeal that involved making a speech in public and doing mental arithmetic out loud.
The study, published in New Scientist, revealed volunteers who had had penetrative sex during the previous week or so had the least stress, and their blood pressure returned to normal fastest after their test.
Penetrative sex was far more effective in this regard than masturbation or oral sex.
Those who had abstained completely from any sexual activity had the highest stress levels and blood pressure of all.
"The effects are not attributable to the short-term relief afforded by orgasm but, rather, endure for at least a week," Mr Brody said.
He believes that penetrative sex may release a special "pair-bonding" hormone called oxytocin, which accounts for the calming effect.