This photo, taken by Patti Sapone, appeared in The Star Ledger. The accompanying caption explains: The volunteer raises her hand to indicate that she is having an orgasim. Dr. Barry Komisaruk, a Rutgers’ based neuroscientist and his team do a brain scan of a 31 year old female volunteer while she masturbates in an MRI […]
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Komisaruk and the multiple orgasms
Barry Komisaruk, professor of psychology at Rutgers University, is celebrated for research demonstrating that women can have multiple orgasms. He can also be celebrated for his multiple publications about women’s orgasms. These include: Komisaruk, B.R., Beyer-Flores, C., and Whipple, B. (2006) The Science of Orgasm. In press. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 358 pages. […]
Income Correlates with Orgasm Strength
Income and orgasms are statistical food for thought, thanks to Pollet and Nettle: “Partner Wealth Predicts Self-Reported Orgasm Frequency in a Sample of Chinese Women,” Thomas V. Pollet and Daniel Nettle, Evolution and Human Behavior, vol. 30, no. 2, March 2009, pp. 146-151. (Thanks to Ig Nobel Prize winner Francis Fesmire for bringing this to […]