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。( d+ C, i; {( L; v. Q7 O
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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。% A+ L o1 z9 ]* u9 K/ _
$ x9 J2 S. V9 f9 u: B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。 / a( j1 Z) Z1 r Z4 T& x7 L L4 p6 c4 C* O5 w. l
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。 ; Z6 |8 P4 \: \5 h) t 1 W: w' D5 z/ Y% Y 4 Y7 _4 p# M/ C. ^* [* A0 O) s* h7 h; ^' @2 ^4 z
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。 $ ~6 m7 [8 N4 O/ c# p& \, b, U' D5 X) \/ ]( b7 K( T/ p$ t
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Secrets of the female orgasm revealed: Scientists discover new hope for women who can't climax5 y' {1 j- Z, F0 a
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Scientists have discovered the female orgasm leads to an altered state of conciousness that could help the minority of women who can not climax. , B. q3 H \* [' n8 l 9 B B6 u& _& WResearchers 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. ) [& q9 U: }9 i0 C# ~9 F , O9 Z: C( @( R- `' @The team noticed that an area of the brain, known as the orbitofrontal cortex or OFC, switched off when the women climaxed.