性爱的最高境界莫过于达到性高潮,可是据统计,美国大约有四分之一的妇女难以达到性高潮;科学家认为,如果能找到女人高潮之谜,或许可以拯救这些无法达到高潮的妇女。 / U9 f) P4 k' d9 G' K0 k* V/ p & \9 a9 K1 P( v* k2 i% C1 b# [荷兰格罗宁根大学(the University of Groningen)的研究发现,当女人达到性高潮时,大脑有个区域──叫做「眼窝额皮质」(orbitofrontal cortex或OFC)就进入「关闭」状态,而使女人欲仙欲死。) `: V" r5 K+ _9 R4 z0 x, S2 m6 T" t
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这项研究邀请多名女性自愿者参与,在她们躺在核磁共振扫描器时,并与性伴侣调情到性高潮,而从脑部扫描出的照片显示,当她们达到高潮时,脑部的「眼窝额皮质」就会呈现关闭。4 ]6 v/ A$ t, |2 [. T! u- x6 d+ u
6 j U Y) e, \" O( k1 E研究人员乔治艾迪斯(Janniko Georgiadis)指出,当人们描述高潮的感觉,多以「失去控制」来形容,从电脑扫描照片来看,性高潮会改变人的意识状态。 研究人员认为,也许让性冷感的妇女观察自己脑部变化,再经由一些「训练」,控制脑部的「眼窝额皮质」放轻松,就能享受未曾经历的快感。 # U/ Y! v! c! Z% W
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这些核磁共振的影像,显示女性在性高潮时,血液流向大脑的区域。 & ~1 d: a3 g5 G% b1 v1 k$ `; b9 g- C% F$ I* j( H0 Q/ z X3 _
4 T8 C! ~; k. Y2 r2 f4 M! i: _, z 0 R/ ?( Z4 o2 t2 e3 u3 P ; e! }8 b# q! {! @2 n4 a3 _Orgasm: It is hoped the new research will lead to a cure for women who can not orgasm4 E. b/ X/ E0 I) [/ e3 j# h
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l2 R/ S. G# C# x5 X8 z7 NSecrets of the female orgasm revealed: Scientists discover new hope for women who can't climax / r- S F+ a+ r7 A# K* k* ?- Z/ ^% ~/ v8 ^: g7 i8 H) e0 f7 }
Scientists have discovered the female orgasm leads to an altered state of conciousness that could help the minority of women who can not climax. ) m$ ]2 S& t2 J- c( ?) a ( U# ~ [4 k( R5 M! W& i% U ^Researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands unwittingly stumbled across the results after they examined the brain scans of women taken while they orgasmed. 2 T0 S$ p' Z$ q( `0 e" I* k/ U8 q) x3 h' q7 i" G
The team noticed that an area of the brain, known as the orbitofrontal cortex or OFC, switched off when the women climaxed.