8 Ways Sex Affects Your Brain

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1 of 10Your brain on sex

by Amanda Gardner

Understanding how sex affects your brain can improve your roll in the hay, and it may also shed light on other parts of your health, says Barry R. Komisaruk, PhD, distinguished professor of psychology at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. It's not the easiest subject to study?test subjects might have to masturbate in an MRI machine?so research is still developing. But scientists are starting to unravel the mystery. Here's what we know so far about your brain on sex.

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