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Secrets of the female orgasm revealed: Scientists discover new hope for women who can't climax L9 n) K5 X" a; v8 V
9 Y: `- U, N: ]6 w- Z( OScientists have discovered the female orgasm leads to an altered state of conciousness that could help the minority of women who can not climax.! m5 {' Q) F. g. x3 u2 f' B. ^9 T+ M
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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. . S8 ]- F) E" S. n% F2 Q9 ~5 G6 C) ?% }9 l) d# b1 R
The team noticed that an area of the brain, known as the orbitofrontal cortex or OFC, switched off when the women climaxed.