Rhino
05-29-2007, 09:29 AM
Women's Brains React Surprisingly Quickly to Erotic Images
Thursday, June 15, 2006
By Robert Roy Britt
Erotic images elicit faster and stronger electrical responses in a woman's brain than do images of any other sort.
The finding might not sound groundbreaking, but researchers did not expect such rapid responses to erotic images, which seem to involve different circuits than the processing of other images.
"That surprised us," said study leader Andrey Anokhin of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. "We believed both pleasant and disturbing images would evoke a rapid response, but erotic scenes always elicited the strongest response."
The test involved 264 women who were shown 55 images of water skiers, snarling dogs, partially clad couples in sensual poses and other scenes.....
....Previous research indicated men are more aroused by erotic images than women are, so Anokhin and his colleagues expected women to respond with lower levels of brain activity compared to men.
"But that was not the case," Anokhin said. "Women have responses as strong as those seen in men.".....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199474,00.html
They left out one important detail. Although they talk about responses, they don't mention what those responses are, besides the vague reference to more prevalent male arousal. The true statistics are:
Male reaction: Arousal
Female reaction: Headache
Thursday, June 15, 2006
By Robert Roy Britt
Erotic images elicit faster and stronger electrical responses in a woman's brain than do images of any other sort.
The finding might not sound groundbreaking, but researchers did not expect such rapid responses to erotic images, which seem to involve different circuits than the processing of other images.
"That surprised us," said study leader Andrey Anokhin of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. "We believed both pleasant and disturbing images would evoke a rapid response, but erotic scenes always elicited the strongest response."
The test involved 264 women who were shown 55 images of water skiers, snarling dogs, partially clad couples in sensual poses and other scenes.....
....Previous research indicated men are more aroused by erotic images than women are, so Anokhin and his colleagues expected women to respond with lower levels of brain activity compared to men.
"But that was not the case," Anokhin said. "Women have responses as strong as those seen in men.".....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199474,00.html
They left out one important detail. Although they talk about responses, they don't mention what those responses are, besides the vague reference to more prevalent male arousal. The true statistics are:
Male reaction: Arousal
Female reaction: Headache