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。: r6 s. z1 K" b0 B
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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。: O- A, w7 g4 l2 Q
) T; t4 a( H( C o8 f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。 4 i3 i: [( R" Y2 g7 S2 Y( J& H8 q" R! P. e% S: }5 W# x
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。 $ u6 N, j) Q5 q$ P
& |1 C# t! W _4 _! \+ o! a9 P: v$ ^2 ]# ~9 o M! w : H1 B! C9 O8 I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。; w) c. [. E- K
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Orgasm: It is hoped the new research will lead to a cure for women who can not orgasm , |9 m! q/ t; u$ d U. ]$ u' M( R+ B
5 Q5 B0 v& Q; I6 E8 y 7 y8 o& A4 d. oSecrets of the female orgasm revealed: Scientists discover new hope for women who can't climax; B4 F9 }+ P) v" Z w
+ J/ K* n5 k( l! R6 c+ EScientists have discovered the female orgasm leads to an altered state of conciousness that could help the minority of women who can not climax.9 [2 d/ ^( l" K( L! {" U8 I
" h# e6 ]2 }' F, TResearchers 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.3 d I; P! g2 A; I$ z' ` C
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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.
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