Learning How to Work the Sexual Brain-Body Connection

Here are some hot tips from neuroscience for better sex.

• Learning how the sexual brain-body connection works can help us work it better.
• Neurons (cells in the brain and nervous system) that fire together wire together.
• Practicing “thinking” about tuning into sensations can strengthen the connections between the genitals and the sensory brain.
• Brain chemicals that feel good and are good for us, including dopamine, serotonin, prolactin, oxytocin, and opioids, are released during sex.

How the sexual brain-body connection works is a hot topic. I was recently contacted by Katie Couric media to field some questions on how sex affects the brain. Here are some highlights of my interview.

Learning how the sexual brain-body connection works can help us work it better.

Learning How to Work the Sexual Brain-Body Connection