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。, c6 a$ ?$ P! }8 j/ P S7 P8 E
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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。 . g+ F; N" t8 _- q8 s; g/ w7 g) A3 s2 B `+ x7 h; m6 L& O; _2 H
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。 & [8 R3 l5 b( {' i/ N; j) v* o4 A2 y/ i5 `8 V9 c! Z
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。 ' J1 L" }8 H9 N5 ~4 W5 l
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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。0 E2 g4 l+ c2 }/ _
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Secrets of the female orgasm revealed: Scientists discover new hope for women who can't climax2 k) r' f' E, g. K) _6 h |" a& ]% p
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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., F3 i# c/ ` o) _1 _
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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. 6 n8 B2 Y$ O( Z* H. [4 K+ v - v; B0 Y$ {8 {/ R wThe team noticed that an area of the brain, known as the orbitofrontal cortex or OFC, switched off when the women climaxed.