6 Mar 2010 @ 00:42
The Psychologist:As reviewed in Komisaruk et al..., there are published reports of orgasms elicited by stimulation also of lips, hand, knee and anus occurring during dreaming sleep, of phantom limbs, from electrical or chemical stimulation of the septum, amygdala or thalamus of the brain and of the spinal cord.
Orgasms have also been described by men and women when they suffer epileptic seizures that are triggered by specific activity (e.g. brushing the teeth...), or that occur spontaneously. While these epileptic orgasms are in some cases described as ‘unwelcome’..., others describe them as pleasurable, one woman refusing anti-epileptic medication for that reason ...
We have measured autonomic and brain activity during orgasms that women have produced by thought alone. During the thought orgasms, the magnitude of the increases in heart rate, blood pressure, pain threshold, pupil diameter, and brain regions are similar to those that we observe during vaginal or cervical self-stimulation-induced orgasms... It is not surprising that in those cases of thought-induced orgasms, the specific genital sensory thalamic and cortical, and specific limb-motoric regions, are not activated.... Also see Mindhacks and L.A. Times.
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