SEXY photos are irresistible to both men and women, a study found.
Both genders were seen to have slower decision-making skills when distracted by saucy pics — dubbed a “sexual content induced delay”.
Men and women in the study gave the same answers when rating how erotic photos were, although they had more effect on the males.
A test found significantly more men were distracted by a naked woman than a man — while females were more equally drawn to either sex.
Participants aged between 18 and 31 had to identify as quickly as possible whether two shapes on a computer screen were the same or different, while a “distractor” photo was shown between them.
It was either a neutral image or an erotic one, such as a picture of a couple having sex or a naked man or woman.
When distracted by the sex photo, reaction times were an average 39.4 milliseconds slower compared to a neutral image.
Men were affected twice as badly, taking 53ms longer compared with 26ms for women.
Study author Professor Robert Snowden, of Cardiff University, said: “Sexual stimuli have been shown to automatically attract attention at the cost of processing other things.”
In a 2022 YouGov poll, 51 per cent of men and 15 per cent of women admitted regularly looking at pornography.
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