Seinfeld character George Costanza once discovered just how powerful his braincould be if he stopped thinking about sex. Now a new study at Purdue University has confirmed his breakthroughfinding.Researchers examined 42 Indiana high schools, all of which weresimilar in community size, enrollment and racial demographics. Half of the schools offeredan abstinence education program, which encouraged kids to wait until adulthood beforegetting jiggy, and those schools scored higher in the controlled math exam. For each yearthe school had employed the abstinence program, their students’ grades rose by1.5%.The professors concluded that encouraging rational thinking about sex ledto improved marks and fewer teen pregnancies. Their hypothesis works, but we all know whythe grades went up.It’s exactly what Jerry told George: When the brainis preoccupied bysex, the amount of intellect is sapped. If a smaller portion of the brain is focusedon sex, it frees up more room to think about the rest of life.Does that meanour best time to study and learn is post-orgasm? Continue Reading

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