J. Jorge / madrid
Day 31/10/2010 - 8:29 p.m.
The love. There are few things in life to which many demos around in my head, so it is not surprising that science also address what causes effects on our brain so we value so much. Research has recently shown some surprises on the "functioning" of passion. What is your power over our bodies, what exactly happens to us when we fall or how our brains react during an orgasm. These are some of the most striking conclusions:
Six things that scientists know about sex and love
AP
Love has the same calming effects as a painkiller or a drug like cocaine
1 - Love is as powerful as cocaine
Researchers from the School of Medicine at Stanford University say that the feelings that cause passionate love can be incredibly effective for pain relief. Specifically, they have a soothing power similar to analgesics or even cause the same effects as cocaine. In this small miracle happens in the brain is involved dopamine, a neurotransmitter that influences mood, reward and motivation.
2 - Love at first sight exists: takes place in a fifth of a second
Cupid's arrows are more than a mythological story filtered through popular culture. An international team of scientists, led by researcher Stephanie Nettles, of Syracuse University in New York, says love can be withering. He explains that it took one fifth of a second to fall in love. Apparently, when we fall rendered by the charms of another person, twelve areas of the brain work together to release chemicals that induce euphoria, like dopamine-again-, oxytocin and adrenaline.
3 - Men think about sex three times more than women
Louann Brizendine, one of the world's most prestigious neuropsychiatrists has studied human brain structure to confirm that at least this time, the stereotype is right: Men think about sex three times more than women. The male brain area devoted to the exercise of sexuality is two and half times higher than in the male brain. At the end of life, however, the brains of both sexes are more similar.
4 - What is so exciting about sex? Well, so are shopping
Researchers at the University of Westminster (UK) say they find a bargain or receive a promotion for a day of shopping provides the same level of emotional excitement you feel when you look at a pornographic film. The bargains and gifts make us so happy that activates the same area of the brain that turns sexual passion.
5 - neurons during female orgasm sound like popcorn
The American neuroscientist Barry Komisaruk, who works at the University of Medicine of New Jersey, is known for causing orgasms 200 women in his laboratory. Your goal is to understand the mechanism that triggers this state of excitement, and it has analyzed the brains of women just as in that climax. This "privilege" has allowed him to know a few things female. For example, that orgasm blocks pain naturally-is able to decrease to 50% - and increasing sensitivity to touch. It also ensures that when a woman reaches orgasm, the amplified sound of their neurons resembles the noise made popcorn when they are about to explode in the microwave.
6 - Women with a guitar, the most attractive
To tastes there are colors, but, according to a study by scientists from the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), men are more attractive to women with hourglass shape, ie the provided with a figure with a slim waist. The researchers used a technique called "eyetracking" that allows us to know where they are headed in the eyes of the volunteers looking at a photograph. The men in the study considered more attractive to women with a slim waist, regardless of the size of their breasts. And a funny thing, the volunteers took 200 milliseconds just look at some feminine attribute.
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