The Science of Horniness
Come As You Are
Why Do We Need Dual Control Model?
How our brains process sex-related information. The sexual excitation system, the accelerator notices all of that and it sends that turn on signal. But also at the same time in parallel, you have breaks that are noticing all the good reasons not to be turned on right now. It notices everything that's a potential threat and it sends the turn off signal. A lot of the time when people are struggling, it's not because there's too little stimulation to the accelerator. It's because there is too much stimulation to the breaks. So arousal is not just the process of turning on the aunts. It's also and more importantly, the process ofturning off the offs when people
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