The science of sex
Hey, here’s a pickup line you may want to try out this Friday night at your local watering hole: “So, wanna go back to my place and reduce excitation levels in your dorsomedial prefrontal cortex?”
Okay, so maybe this article on the neuroscience behind orgasms wasn’t as titillating as we hoped it would be (no pictures, how-to manuals, or road maps to help us find the clitoris)… but for you “science of sex” geeks, it’s an interesting read.
Things we knew:
- Male desire was triggered easiest through tactile and visual stimuli. (i.e., looking at Playboy); female desire was triggered easiest when they felt safe and comfortable
- Females arouse straight men; males around gay men
- Gay women are not aroused by naked men exercising or masturbating
- The male brain sees ejaculation as a “most rewarding” behavior
Things we didn’t know:
- Women are turned on equally by male and female sexual acts, as well as by watching bonobos copulate
- Brain activity drops during female orgasm; at the moment of orgasm, women do not have any emotional feelings
Oh, and you didn’t hear this from us– but consider buying stock in Palatin Technologies. They’re developing a pill that can regulate chemicals in the brain much the way natural stimulation does. (Think “little blue pill but for women.”)
