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。 1 P n6 O! J/ d7 ^7 ~4 w, c0 x4 n' r0 w! `* G2 G/ ]) a+ _
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。8 Y1 n5 w R+ ]( }" g* r
7 c8 u, p+ { }3 w0 Q( Z8 |/ D1 n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。 5 ?: ?$ ?3 D1 w' h4 z! P& I) S# a8 Y% G4 y3 f/ z( m
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。 % e' l/ s) u' A2 ]0 w4 u2 O( F
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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。& H* `+ L- [2 V
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Secrets of the female orgasm revealed: Scientists discover new hope for women who can't climax" {9 s7 ~& B4 u- v; {5 ~ _
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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.4 o# Z0 {' i% x7 \( F) f" k8 A
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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.9 @9 K4 E! I. Y, y
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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.