# "The more gray matter you have, the more altruistic you are"

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-more-gray-matter-you-have-the-more-altruistic-you-are/56451>\
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**Created:** [August 19, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-more-gray-matter-you-have-the-more-altruistic-you-are/56451 "2012-08-19T13:44:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-more-gray-matter-you-have-the-more-altruistic-you-are/56451/1 "2012-08-19T13:44:34Z")

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> The volume of a small brain region influences one’s predisposition for altruistic behavior.

↳Click here to read the full article. ([http://www.eurekalert.org/pub\_releases/2012-07/uoz-tmg071112.php](http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-07/uoz-tmg071112.php))

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**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-more-gray-matter-you-have-the-more-altruistic-you-are/56451/2 "2012-08-28T14:13:33Z")

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Brilliant article and discovery. Think of the implications. I can use this to pick up chicks!

LOL, in all seriousness though this could be quite a leap in mans ability to help others or a serious violation of manipulative people.

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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-more-gray-matter-you-have-the-more-altruistic-you-are/56451/3 "2012-09-10T18:27:11Z")

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> [@Steve](#):
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> Brilliant article and discovery. Think of the implications. I can use this to pick up chicks!

Do you need any more empowerment to attract the lady folk? 😛🙂

> [@Steve](#):
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> LOL, in all seriousness though this could be quite a leap in mans ability to help others or a serious violation of manipulative people.

The way of the world I suppose.

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**Author:** ![Jedi\_Nights](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/jedi_nights/32/346_2.png) [@Jedi\_Nights](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Jedi_Nights)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-more-gray-matter-you-have-the-more-altruistic-you-are/56451/4 "2012-09-16T16:59:12Z")

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[Intelligence In Men And Women Is A Gray And White Matter](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050121100142.htm)

[http://www.epjournal.net/articles/is-self-sacrificial-competitive-altruism-primarily-a-male-activity/](http://www.epjournal.net/articles/is-self-sacrificial-competitive-altruism-primarily-a-male-activity/)

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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-more-gray-matter-you-have-the-more-altruistic-you-are/56451/5 "2012-09-30T17:01:12Z")

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> [@Jedi\_Nights](#):
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> [Intelligence In Men And Women Is A Gray And White Matter](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050121100142.htm)
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> [Is self-sacrificial competitive altruism primarily a male activity? | Evolutionary Psychology](http://www.epjournal.net/articles/is-self-sacrificial-competitive-altruism-primarily-a-male-activity/)
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Thanks for the interesting reads! 🙂