Over time, every woman finds that the same thought is mostly going through her partner’s head. And surprisingly or not, in most cases it is not the thought of food, but of sex. How much this is a matter of luck, each woman can judge for herself. One thing is certain – men cannot be blamed for thinking primarily about sex, because this is a rule encoded in the peculiarities of the male brain. And more importantly, sex is so deeply encoded in the male brain that he tends to prioritize it over nutrition, despite the drive for survival. It may sound crazy, but this is exactly the conclusion of a scientific team that tracked men’s first-signal attitude to sex, and the data was published in the authoritative journal Nature. The study was conducted jointly by British and American scientists. They establish a very interesting relationship. Placed in the conditions of prolonged fasting, but in the presence of women, men are more likely to seek satisfaction of their sex drive than hunger. This phenomenon is based on anatomical features of the male brain. The secret lies in the presence of a specific pair of neurons that men possess and women do not. They are referred to as mystery cells of the male (mystery cells of the male, or MSM). Although men and women have a very similar innate attitude towards sex, the presence of the nerve cells in question in the male brain completely changes the instinctive attitude of men towards the sexual drive. NEWS_MORE_BOX Differences in attitudes towards sex between the two sexes take shape in the process of sexual maturation. These differences help men better remember the sensations associated with sex and prioritize it in the future. This suggests that the difference in the attitude towards sex between the two sexes really lies in the head and that it is due to purely neurological peculiarities in the structure of the brain. Thus, the road to a man’s love may indeed pass through the stomach, but only as a diversion from the main highway, which necessarily starts from the brain.