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Mercnbeth -> RESEARCH: Brain Areas Shut Off During Female Orgasm... (6/20/2005 9:41:56 AM)
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Another difference in the sexes. It's been said that a male's brain shuts off before orgasm since males need increased blood flow to the penis to achieve an erection and there isn't enough blood in the system to have both the brain and the penis work simultaneously.
The research, conducted by the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, said that the only way to detect a woman faking an orgasm is to hook them up to a brain scanner.
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When women genuinely achieved an orgasm, areas of the brain involved in fear and emotion were deactivated. Those areas stayed alert however when women were faking it. The researchers also found that the cortex, which is linked with consciousness, is active during a fake orgasm but not during the real thing.
Only 13 woman and 11 men were scanned, but they hope to expand the study. Don't you just LOVE the Netherlands! Can't wait to visit this fall and conduct some of my own experiments in Amsterdam!
Entire Article: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050620/sc_nm/health_fertility_orgasm_dc_1
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