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。' b7 V1 x1 v8 _, P
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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。9 q: l. }& v6 @1 N
- z4 D3 L f$ w. |! b9 Q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。 - n% c) C- |, i1 }" u8 ?) Y+ V6 S/ K, }3 y( g# X
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。 4 L# L) {1 I m$ U- @' Q% p) L2 E5 s, ~
% W5 R9 j! `2 c y 3 W! \- @. h( R( V, K/ c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。 : {4 k% ?' D/ O$ g9 U( _( w3 h1 Y * [' v3 V( j! g% t# b2 c 8 `- W" F5 B; d: s & L4 S) u3 `2 `- t K' [2 `+ e# D7 nOrgasm: It is hoped the new research will lead to a cure for women who can not orgasm 8 y7 g8 Z4 W O" |8 a ) }2 u+ O) K f" T: {9 E& e; ~6 q7 U+ ~
! G7 y6 y; d7 ~! B" F. [Secrets of the female orgasm revealed: Scientists discover new hope for women who can't climax / I9 `2 k' J+ A/ N7 o# [' s 6 c6 `% H! ~# _1 gScientists have discovered the female orgasm leads to an altered state of conciousness that could help the minority of women who can not climax. * [& S0 f' z8 E1 z3 l + q2 D, e( _# f) w- VResearchers 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.* U. m& }+ Q, m' v
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The team noticed that an area of the brain, known as the orbitofrontal cortex or OFC, switched off when the women climaxed.
