ArticleInternational journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health2021
How Does Our Brain Generate Sexual Pleasure?
Article in International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Modifying Factors of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis: A Dorsoventral Perspective in Health and Disease.Cells · 2025Review
- An Evolutionary Psychological Approach Toward BDSM Interest and Behavior.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Review
- Sexual Pleasure Matters - and How to Define and Assess It Too. A Conceptual Framework of Sexual Pleasure and the Sexual Response.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2023Article
- The World Association for Sexual Health's Declaration on Sexual Pleasure: A Technical Guide.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2021Article
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Abstract
We present herein an exploratory essay on sexual pleasure, in support of the objective of developing an evidence base of knowledge for the WAS Declaration of Sexual Rights. We have attempted to account for the feeling of erotic sexual pleasure, in terms of what is known about neuronal function. The brain regions that are activated during women's orgasm, and their perceptual and physiological roles, are compared with brain regions related to chemically induced euphoria and craving. The brain regions that are activated at orgasm match those that are activated by
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