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。 % P7 s$ f# O- b$ v p' O$ b ( g% o# _8 B" `5 }" c' `- S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。3 M/ U4 K+ q r1 ?( _! a
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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。$ Y7 O4 o( m- B
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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。 1 ]" F% `; e0 V% D a( O
! v& A3 o$ D! R8 C" }& E " K# ^4 f& ^1 d4 B" z9 ^ ) _. i' L' ]( C M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。5 D" U0 u, l$ v# @6 s9 m
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; V' W0 b7 y% c+ _# L# ^; [) a . f. ?! v$ v4 q6 ~- f 8 v, |) p" _; ~* I1 DOrgasm: It is hoped the new research will lead to a cure for women who can not orgasm " p% d/ l7 a) Y1 d$ Q) {/ S3 [ ' ~9 U% m! A9 u, Y 9 E9 H* _& i+ V9 U" Y- p7 C& c( D0 d% [2 \$ ?
Secrets of the female orgasm revealed: Scientists discover new hope for women who can't climax & U9 D3 G+ K* F V" Z. R) I2 t+ {2 z+ SScientists have discovered the female orgasm leads to an altered state of conciousness that could help the minority of women who can not climax.2 E! r' ~/ t% F) r6 ^
9 b0 Y7 t' j8 i0 F0 }: X* P3 FResearchers 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.7 Y3 S# ~8 Z% w6 X
- h1 j( t* a; I( wThe team noticed that an area of the brain, known as the orbitofrontal cortex or OFC, switched off when the women climaxed.
