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May. 31st, 2010 11:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
radlilimWe had a nice two days up north at my family's cabin. Lari, Jess, Paul and I, plus the puppy went. We swam, went canoeing and kayaking, had a sauna, went to the Mojayak picnic and hung out with my family. Everyone seems relaxed and seemed to have a good time. Too bad 3 of us had to work today, everyone wanted to stay longer. Hopefully we can get up there again later this summer.
This is interesting:
According to the New York Daily News, scientists in the Netherlands think they've explained Gaydar.
"For the research, 42 gay and straight volunteers were presented with photos of outlines of large squares and rectangles. Each shape was packed with smaller shapes. Generally, the human brain is programmed to take in the larger picture, so when people see a rectangle-filled square, they're likely to say it is filled with squares.
When the men and women were presented with similar questions about the pictures they had been shown, the straight volunteers answered faster but were less accurate. The gay men and women, on the other hand, were slower to answer but were right more of the time, especially when they were asked about the smaller shapes.
This suggests they are able to hone in on even very small details as well as the bigger picture, according to the research, which appeared in the journal Frontiers in Cognition. In gays' daily routine, researchers believe, this close attention to detail could help them to detect others' sexual preferences."0
According to one researcher involved in the study: "This perceptual skill allows homosexuals to recognize other gay people faster and we think it's because they are much more analytic than heterosexuals." (via Towelraod
And Pres. Obama Issues LGBT Pride Month Proclamation, it's June.
This is interesting:
According to the New York Daily News, scientists in the Netherlands think they've explained Gaydar.
"For the research, 42 gay and straight volunteers were presented with photos of outlines of large squares and rectangles. Each shape was packed with smaller shapes. Generally, the human brain is programmed to take in the larger picture, so when people see a rectangle-filled square, they're likely to say it is filled with squares.
When the men and women were presented with similar questions about the pictures they had been shown, the straight volunteers answered faster but were less accurate. The gay men and women, on the other hand, were slower to answer but were right more of the time, especially when they were asked about the smaller shapes.
This suggests they are able to hone in on even very small details as well as the bigger picture, according to the research, which appeared in the journal Frontiers in Cognition. In gays' daily routine, researchers believe, this close attention to detail could help them to detect others' sexual preferences."0
According to one researcher involved in the study: "This perceptual skill allows homosexuals to recognize other gay people faster and we think it's because they are much more analytic than heterosexuals." (via Towelraod
And Pres. Obama Issues LGBT Pride Month Proclamation, it's June.
