Can attraction towards somebody make your mind sharp?
Hello,
Here’s me with another one of those weird questions.. I recently saw a movie where the girl tells her boyfriend to answer her questions (academics, history or math don’t know). If the answers are correct, she will remove a part of her clothing for each correct answer, wrong will undo everything and game over. The guy was bad at everything except some sport. So it was a big deal for him to answer. He answered every question correctly except the last one.
Something came to mind with this scene and i can’t resist to ask. Is it possible for a person to have a sharp mind if they’re attracted to someone? Like they’re untalented without any skill their whole life, and never achieved anything academically, and below average suddenly they find themselves attractive towards someone else.
I’ve heard stories where the teen refuses to go to school and has had zero interest in studies, until he gets a new teacher and suddenly he doesn’t need to be told to go to school and study. In this case, he had talent for studies but he never used it until he got the new teacher. A motive to study.
Talent and passion are two different things.
I am asking if the attraction towards somebody can really change a person? I am not asking for stories from movies, i want to know the real experience from people.
Please do answer this if possible.
Regards!
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Love makes you stupid. You won’t be as sharp.
The movie is obviously fictional. It’s a movie for a reason.
And you also seem to confuse intelligence and motivation. Your example is all about motivation. Those people got their motivation from their love and tried hard to reach their success. There is nothing related to having a sharp mind. You can have a sharp mind and achieve nothing in life if you are lazy and unmotivated.
There is no relation between intelligence and motivation.
Can love change a person? Sure. Can love make your mind sharp? Can’t say, not even related.
Aside from the fictional movie, romantic interest can be a motivator, for men at least.
Just to contradict @Mimishu1995 a little, there’s no good definition or measure of ‘intelligence’, and ‘motivation’ is a significant confounding variable in attempted measures of ‘intelligence’.
In other words: when intelligence is measured, motivation is also measured. It’s very difficult to separate the two or know which is the major factor.
As for whether attraction can change a person or make one’s mind sharper: personally, my brain turns to mush if I’m near someone I’m attracted to.
NO! It can dull your senses and thought processes like a animal in heat that is oblivious to danger while pursuing a mate.
Love can give you brain fogs.
A close friend of mine became a great success in life because he met the girl of his dreams and did not want to disappoint her. They started dating in the mid-1980s when we were in college. This month they celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary.
Before he set eyes on her, his main focus was fun, not school. After he found her, he applied himself to his studies, went to law school, and is now thinking about retiring early once their four wonderful kids are all on their own.
His (and her) dedication to the project of being a couple and raising kids make them the strongest and happiest couple I have ever known.
Well, infatuation can focus one’s attention, be motivating, and generate a lot of determination to succeed, enthusiasm and excitement, which can all help a person accomplish things. Those are not the same things as knowledge, training, skill or innate ability, but they can make a big difference.
In my case, I was already a very good student, but being infatuated did drive me to do many things and to develop skills I otherwise would not have, that required art and talent that I also would not have pushed myself to do.
Well, and I would also say that actually being in a good committed love relationship has also driven me to do many things and develop myself and my abilities in various ways. Though, it has also caused me to choose different things to develop, and to develop in different directions… and being in a not-so-good relationship caused problems, depression, etc…
I read once that when an attractive female enters a room male IQ drops by like 20 points instantaneously. Found it I would say mine drops well below 100 when I’m attracted to someone at first meeting.
“L’amour c’est etre stupide ensemble.”
– Love is being stupid together.
Well, thanks a lot guys for the wonderful answers.. I guess found the answer i was looking for. Thanks again.
I guess that depends on whether you’re thinking from the neck up, or from the belly button down. As my Old Pappy used to say.
Or as @JLoon says, Louis L’amour said that it’s stupid to assemble..I never knew he said that. Thought we was a Western author.
Attraction releases dopamine and norepinephrine. Both neurotransmitters positively affect memory and cognitive function.
In this specific case, I’d say it was the guy’s desperation to get her clothes off that lead to his mental acuity
Ahem…you mean his evolutionary drive to reproduce? :P
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