| By Proctor on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 06:08 pm: Edit |
Monkeys Show Males Think Hard About Sex - Really
Wed Jan 28, 2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some people may joke that men don't think with their heads when it comes to sex, but a study in monkeys suggests the brain plays a significant role in the decision to mate, researchers reported on Wednesday.
Brain scans of tiny marmoset monkeys show a lot of thought goes into choosing mates, the team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison said.
They used functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to look at the brain functions of the Brazilian (news - web sites) monkeys. Writing in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, they said the brains became busy when the monkeys smelled sexy scents.
"We were surprised to observe high levels of neural activity in areas of the brain important for decision-making, as well as in purely sexual arousal areas, in response to olfactory cues," psychology professor Charles Snowdon said in a statement.
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| By Ixtoc on Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 01:55 pm: Edit |
Of course the monkeys were Brazilian! Must be the water