COLLAB 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sensory Substitution, Midodrine, Sex Therapy
9 Mar 2016
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The senses & sexual arousal: all 5 senses! Pheromones (what is going on during levels of attraction and emitted during different types in the month: menstrual synchrony through sweat, body odours and sexual orientation (p. 98) Skin senses: erogenous zones (parts senstive to tactile sexual stimulation) Drugs or other agents that increase sexual pleasure or response: examples (food?, drugs. Wellbutrin (affect dopamine: exercise, novelty, anaphrodisiacs. Drugs or other agents that are antagonistic to sexual arousal and desire: examples -> depressants, antihypertensive drugs, etc. Sexual response & the brain: genital stimulation triggers spinal reflexes (erection, lubrication, cerebral cortex (transmit msgs and interprets sesnory information) Sexual stimulation (memories, fantasies, images, thoughts) just as important. 1: limbic system (stimulated?, gender differences (hypothalamus) Organizing influences influence the type of behaviour expressed (stereotypcal mating behaviours) Influence the frequency/intensity of the drive that motivates the behaviour and ability to perform that behaviour (sexual response and desire) Usually exhibit a gradual decrease in sexual desire.
