I would really love to believe this. Until now my justifications for riding a motorcycle have been a little vague. "It's fun" just does not stack up to being "transported into an entirely different state of consciousness ." Although, now that I think about it perhaps I'll just stick with "It's fun."

I'm gonna send this to some of my friends who need a little convincing that riding a moto is not entirely about being selfish. Would love to find the original study done by Ryuta Kawashima, who's previous claims to fame were a study stating that playing video games stunted your brain, and a video game for the Nintendo DS. O.o