I've come across a couple rat experiments recently I think would be interesting for seducers.
I found the first three studies related to sexuality in the book "Come as You Are" by Emily Nagoski. In the first, researcher Jim Pfaus took a healthy lab rat and trained it to associate the scent of lemons with sexual activity. When presented with two healthy, receptive female rats - one of which was given a lemon scent - the rat ejaculated 80% of the time in the lemony partner. An example of how sexually relevant stimuli can be imprinted upon the nervous system. (Pfaus, “Neurobiology of Sexual Behavior.”)
In the second, a healthy rat was put in a little jacket before his first sexual experience. But before his second sexual encounter, his jacket was taken off, and he was too inhibited to shag. Another example of how the nervous system's sexual accelerator and braking systems are influenced by external stimuli. (Pfaus, Kippin, and Coria-Avila, “Animal Models.”)
In the third, a healthy male rat was put in an environment with a female in estrus, but was not allowed to seal the deal. Because of this, the rat no longer showed any preference for the smell of a fertile female over an infertile female. Another example of the power of the environment on shaping the internal arousal system. (Pfaus and Wilkins, “A Novel Environment.”)
Fourth, Curt Richter's rat experiment: I found this in the intro to David Goggins' most recent book. A researcher dropped both domesticated and wild rats in a jar of water. Eventually they all gave up on swimming and drowned. But after he put the next group of rats in, he rescued them just before they drowned, before putting them back in the jar. This time the rats showed much more willingness to put up a prolonged fight for survival. As Richter said, "After the elimination of hopelessness, the rats do not die." A useful lesson in resilience for anyone learning cold approach.
Lastly, from Gabor Maté's "Myth of Normal": Rat fathers subject to extreme stress passed on impaired stress-response behaviors and blunted stress hormone patterns to their offspring, despite having non-stressed, healthy mothers and good parenting. An example of epigenetics and the importance of trauma release before mating. Also could help explain why composure and emotional resilience are attractive qualities. (Ali B. Rodgers, "Paternal Stress Exposure Alters Sperm MicroRNA Content and Reprograms Offspring HPA Stress Axis Regulation)
I found the first three studies related to sexuality in the book "Come as You Are" by Emily Nagoski. In the first, researcher Jim Pfaus took a healthy lab rat and trained it to associate the scent of lemons with sexual activity. When presented with two healthy, receptive female rats - one of which was given a lemon scent - the rat ejaculated 80% of the time in the lemony partner. An example of how sexually relevant stimuli can be imprinted upon the nervous system. (Pfaus, “Neurobiology of Sexual Behavior.”)
In the second, a healthy rat was put in a little jacket before his first sexual experience. But before his second sexual encounter, his jacket was taken off, and he was too inhibited to shag. Another example of how the nervous system's sexual accelerator and braking systems are influenced by external stimuli. (Pfaus, Kippin, and Coria-Avila, “Animal Models.”)
In the third, a healthy male rat was put in an environment with a female in estrus, but was not allowed to seal the deal. Because of this, the rat no longer showed any preference for the smell of a fertile female over an infertile female. Another example of the power of the environment on shaping the internal arousal system. (Pfaus and Wilkins, “A Novel Environment.”)
Fourth, Curt Richter's rat experiment: I found this in the intro to David Goggins' most recent book. A researcher dropped both domesticated and wild rats in a jar of water. Eventually they all gave up on swimming and drowned. But after he put the next group of rats in, he rescued them just before they drowned, before putting them back in the jar. This time the rats showed much more willingness to put up a prolonged fight for survival. As Richter said, "After the elimination of hopelessness, the rats do not die." A useful lesson in resilience for anyone learning cold approach.
Lastly, from Gabor Maté's "Myth of Normal": Rat fathers subject to extreme stress passed on impaired stress-response behaviors and blunted stress hormone patterns to their offspring, despite having non-stressed, healthy mothers and good parenting. An example of epigenetics and the importance of trauma release before mating. Also could help explain why composure and emotional resilience are attractive qualities. (Ali B. Rodgers, "Paternal Stress Exposure Alters Sperm MicroRNA Content and Reprograms Offspring HPA Stress Axis Regulation)
