Female orgasm: This happens in your brain
What happens in our brain when we have an orgasm? Neuroscientist Professor Barry Komisaruk and his research team from Rutgers University, New Jersey, explored this exciting question.
From the brain scan to the movie
For the orgasmic study Komisaruk has scanned the brain areas of his participants in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Cameras took pictures of the different brain areas every two seconds. They use a color scale from red (lowest excitation) to orange and yellow (medium excitation) to white (greatest excitement), the brain processes in the female orgasm. During the scan, the women stimulated themselves and were able to follow their own brain activity via a screen.
The doctoral student and sex therapist Nan Wise created a five-minute animated film from the individual shots. This shows for the first time what happens in a female orgasm in the brain: from the excitation of individual small areas over the grand finale, which spreads over both brain halves - to total relaxation.
By means of the scans and the film the scientists came to the following results ...
The previous research results at a glance
1. During orgasm, the entire brain is activated. There is no orgasmic center.
2. Female orgasm vs. male climax: The brain makes no difference.
3. The orgasm acts like a painkiller in the body.
4. Orgasms seem to have a positive effect on anxiety and the impulsive behavior of humans.
5. There are people who can experience a climax beyond the mere idea of orgasm - without physical stimulation.
6. That women can only bring about the clitoral stimulation to orgasm, is a myth.
7. There are people who can not orgasm because of sexual dysfunction.
More knowledge about the female body
Komisaruk's study is still ongoing. He and his team want to find out, among other things, what goes wrong with sexual dysfunction in the brain. "We use orgasm to feel excitement, pleasure and pleasure. If we learn how to activate the corresponding areas in the brain, can it have a positive effect on us and our body, Komisaruk hopes.
