导读:据一项最新研究显示，在约会前来一点“情色消费”可以让人们变得更加开放和外向，从而可能会让约会更加顺利。
Watching porn before a first date makes it more likely to go well, a study has found.
据一项最新研究显示，初次约会前看小黄片可能会让约会更加顺利。
’Sexual priming’ before a date can make men and women more open and outgoing.
约会前的“性启动”能够让汉子和妹子们变得更加开放和外向。
The study of 246 heterosexual undergraduates by psychologist Professor Birnbaum found that merely thinking about sex makes people more likely to disclose personal information.
心理学教授伯恩鲍姆对246名异性恋大学生进行了研究，只是想着一点儿关于性的东西，就会使得人们更乐意透露自己的个人信息。
It found this to be true for online interactions such as via Whatsapp and face-to-face meetings.
研究发现至少对于例如通过Whatsapp的网聊、以及线下约会来说，这一点是非常正确的。
Students who were shown a naked picture of a member of the opposite sex for just 0.03 seconds were more willing to go on a blind date than those shown a picture of a fish.
研究人员给一组学生看了一张异性的裸体照片，给另一组学生看了一张鱼的照片，结果显示虽然前者观看时间只有短短0.03秒，但是他们却更愿意去相亲。
The study called ’sex unleashes your tongue’ concluded that ’activation of the sexual system encourages the use of strategies that allow people to become closer to potential partners’.
这份名为“性解放你的舌头”的研究得出结论称：“人体性系统的激活会使得人们更加亲近潜在的伴侣”。
Explaining her results, Prof Birnbaum told The Times: ’People reciprocate to these advances [brought on by erotica], and that initiates a positive cycle of intimacy.’
伯恩鲍姆教授在解释自己研究结果时向《泰晤士报》说道：“情色消费会挑起人们的兴致，而人们又会对这种兴致做出进一步的回应，从而形成一个亲密关系的良性循环。”
’Disclosing personal information makes the other person like you more, thereby motivating him or her to reciprocate.
“透露自己的个人信息会让对方更加喜欢你，从而激励对方回报你。”
’Consequently you get the impression that this person likes you, and you react by liking him or her more — we tend to like people who like us — and behave accordingly, for example by being nicer, flirting or complimenting.
“所以你就会得到对方喜欢你这个印象，而你也就会因此更加喜欢对方——毕竟人都倾向于喜欢钟情于自己的人，而你也会做出相应的行为，例如表现得更加乖巧可人、和对方打情骂俏、表扬恭维对方等等。”
’Overall, sex starts a positive cycle of getting closer to a stranger that may eventually build emotional connection between previously unacquainted people.’
“总的来说，性会启动一个和陌生人变得更亲近的良性循环，最终可能会导致你和一个以前不熟悉的人建立起情感关系。”
