Sex Boosts Brain Growth, Study Suggests

By Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience Contributor

Sex apparently can help the brain grow, according to new findings in rats.

Sexually active rodents also seemed less anxious than virgins, Princeton scientists discovered.

Past findings had shown that stressful, unpleasant events could stifle brain cell growth in adults. To see if pleasant albeit stressful experiences could have the opposite effect, researchers studied the effects of sex in rats.

You can read the full article here:

http://www.livescience.com/culture/sex-boosts-brain-cells-100728.html

Still early study, and only in rats, so lets not go too crazy based on the results

Volunteers for study must have been easy to find ...

Rats have an easy life

I think I know that fact sometime ago and also they say sex can lessen Alzheimer's risk as well.

It can also help cure elbow tendinitis in men.

cures the flu

That would explain why i have a small brain.

That explains why i am here

are you smarter than a 5th grader? those 5th graders must have a fantastic sex life.