Researchers Think that Having More Sex Make You Smarter!

UK study suggests that frequent sex aides adults in cognitive function, increased intelligence as we age

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here’s a ton of reasons why you should have sex: The health benefits are astronomical. You can reduce stress, strengthen your vital organs and feel relaxed, to name a few.

But will sex actually make you smarter? These researchers believe it does.

A study conducted by Oxford and Coventry Universities in England suggests that having frequent sex boosts the brain’s cognitive functioning.
Frequent Sexual Activity Predicts Specific Cognitive Abilities in Older Adults

Researchers surveyed 73 older adults ranging in age from 50-83 on their sexual activity. They were asked how often they had sex, and the subjects were then instructed to perform tasks testing their cognitive function with regard to memory, fluency, language and visuospatial abilities.

The study found that those who had sex at least once a week scored higher on tests of cognitive function, specifically, tests that measured verbal fluency and visuospatial ability.

“The current study replicates previous findings (Wright & Jenks, 2016), showing that overall cognitive scores were consistently higher in those who are sexually active compared to those than those who are not,” a summary of the report stated. “It extends these findings by showing increasing scores on two specific cognitive domains (fluency and visuospatial ability; with the latter approaching significance) with increasing frequency of sexual activity (from never, to monthly, to weekly).”

Researchers concluded that the more sex you have, the more dopamine you brain produces. In other words, staying active can boost your intelligence as you age. How much of an impact frequent sex has on young people remains unclear at this time.

So if the above is true then maybe just maybe  folks should just co- habitate and have as much sex as possible when they are past their reproductive years.

The number of 50-plus co-habiters has grown by 75 percent since 2007, Pew found.

Let's rush and have some afternoon sex!

“This increase is faster than that of other age groups during this time period and is driven in part by the aging of baby boomers,” Pew wrote in an analysis published this week. “In 2016, 4 million adults ages 50 and older were cohabiting — up from 2.3 million in 2007.”

Younger adults still make up a larger number of unmarried couples living together. Pew said that 8.9 million 18-to-34-year-olds were cohabiting in 2016, up from 7.2 million.

Though cohabiting is becoming more common, it’s still far from the norm.

In total, only 7 percent of American adults and 4 percent of 50-and-older people were cohabiting last year. Some 14 percent of 25-to-34-year-olds were cohabiting, as were about 10 percent of both 18-to-24-year-olds and 35-to-49-year-olds.