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Mens' brains have built in sexual censor
BMJ 2001; 323 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0112449a (Published 01 December 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;323:0112449a
- Siân Knight1
- 1Nottingham
She got legs, she knows how to use 'em
Scientists at the University of Montreal have located the part of the brain that controls primitive sexual urges in men. The study, in the Journal of Neuroscience (2001;21:1-6), reports that when a group of 12 men were asked to do whatever necessary to avoid sexual arousal while watching erotic films, the prefrontal cortex of the brain of the subjects was …
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