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Neural Pathways Of Sexual Arousal, Ashley Hall Oct 2013

Neural Pathways Of Sexual Arousal, Ashley Hall

Sound Neuroscience: An Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal

Recent research in neuroscience and psychology has suggested significant differences in sexual arousal between genders. In this review, the neuroscience evidence for gender differences in sexual arousal is investigated and current psychological theories of human sexuality are compared to current experimental results. Modern research demonstrates females have greater variation in sexual desires and behaviors than males, so new directions are needed in research to fully assess and understand the neural pathways of human sexual arousal.


Male Verses Female Brains, Laurel Olfson May 2013

Male Verses Female Brains, Laurel Olfson

Sound Neuroscience: An Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal

Researching what makes brains unique has been studied for generations; the unique differences between the brains of males and females and what causes them has recently begun to surface as a topic to study. This paper addresses the way that the different brain sexes have been handled over the course of history, from religion to the latest findings.