Here’s some research that will excite you…. Imagine being the subject of this research- you are placed inside an fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging unit) and while you are there, you are asked to stimulate yourself- for seven minutes. (Who else besides me remembers “The Seven Minutes” by Irving Wallace.) All the while, Dr. Barry Komisaruk and his team at Rutgers (NJ) are examining your brain’s response. And, theVisualMD has converted that data into a sexual climax map. Using a scale ranging from red to white (white is the highest level of brain activity), they have patched some 20 snapshots into a movie.
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Previously, Dr. Komisaruk proved that stimulating the vagina is different than stimulating the clitoris. (Sorry, guys, women were right all along- but why would you doubt them?) Different portions of the brain are stimulated, when the vagina, clitoris, and breast nipples are stimulated. However, the brain’s reaction to breast stimulation is closer to that of the clitoris.
The approach is built upon that used by Dr. Lars Micheals (University Children’s Hospital in Zurich) who found that the sensory homunculus (part of the sensory cortex depicted above) stimulation is similar for both the penis and the clitoris. Dr Komisaruk and his team then proved that the stimulation of the nipples was also were associated with this same region (Journal of Sexual Medicine). The newer results (discussed herein) were presented at the 2011 Neuroscience meeting
Stimulation begins in the sensory cortex and spreads to the limbic system (the portion of the brain that governs emotion, behavior, long-term memory). From there, the brain is excited in the cerebellum and frontal cortex (as the muscles tense) regions until climax. At that point, the entire brain is active, as is seen from the bright yellow colors. After climax, brain activity recedes to normal levels.
Believe it or not, there is a non-prurient goal here. And, that goal is to help folks learn how to change their actions and responses, to help those having difficulty reaching orgasm. And, also, to afford folks who routinely experience pain and depression to try to change their brain patterns to eradicate these maladies.
It would definitely help if there was more explanation of what the red and yellow means, and why at one point it seems to be going back and forth between all red and red and yellow.
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David:
I think you missed the introductory paragraph. It says that the color scale ranges in intensity from red to white… Red means barely stimulated, white is hot, yellow is medium…
Hope that helps.
Roy
Amazing! According to this video, almost all the brain takes part of the action in these circumstances. This is opposite to what I have heard all along: that human beings use only a small percentage of their brain (I even remember hearing percentages).
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Um. I think we are talking about SENTIENT cogitation, when we discuss what part of our brain that we really use. Moreover, the movie extends the action beyond the sensory homonculus, which from the name lets you know its involved with sensation and not “cerebration”….
But, it’s still cool, Gustavo! Or, wait- is it hot?
Roy
Looking forward to the follow up … Stimulate Your Partner the Scientific Way. I’ll be keepoing my eyes open for it. I won’t share it though, goig to keep the info to myself
Larry-
thanks for the laugh— and I will try to keep you as informed as I am… (Oh, wait, that is not good. You need to be better informed….)
Roy