COLLAB 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Adrenal Gland, Cerebral Cortex, Orgasm
2 Jan 2019
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Chapter 4 - sexual arousal and response: all 5 senses! Smell: 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 stimulation (memories, fantasies, images, thoughts: genital stimulation triggers spinal reflexes (erection, lubrication, cerebral cortex (transmit msgs and interprets sesnory information, limbic system (stimulated?, gender differences (hypothalamus) Organizing influences influence the type of behavior expressed (stereotypical mating behaviors) 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. Tend to lose capacities for erection and ejaculation.
