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Published online 10 December 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031208-8
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Women addle men's maths
Pretty faces make men reach for money.
Pretty ladies make men want wealth with which to impress, according to a new study - even if they'll be worse off in the long run.
Psychologists Margo Wilson and Martin Daly at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, asked students whether they would prefer, say, $19 tomorrow or $25 next week.
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