Widely renown psychiatrist Daniel Amen take a neurobiological look at sex, romance and a broad range of topics that generally fall into the category of love.

1. The Enchanted Loom
Teasing sturdy threads from
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2. Teasing 10 threads from
Daniel Amen’s …

3. Thread 1:
In the brain, the sensory area of the foot is
right next to the sensory area for the clitoris.
Unknowingly,
women often
feel that
buying
shoes is
like foreplay.
(pg. 6)

4. Thread 2:
Sex reduces stress. People who have
fulfilling sex lives are less anxious, less
violent, and less hostile.
(pg. 11)

5. Thread 3:
Problems with the Prefrontal Cortex result in
a “Jiminy Cricket Deficiency Syndrome:”
poor judgement,
diminished con-
science, impulsivity,
desire to seek excite-
ment, short attention
span, poor time man-
agement, lack of
empathy.
(pg. 26)

6. Thread 4:
Sexual release can
help people go to sleep.
Orgasm causes a surge
in oxytocin and
endorphins that may
act as a sedative. As
most women know,
men often go to sleep
shortly after sex.
(pg. 16)

7. Thread 5:
Romantic love and infatuation are not so much
an emotion as they are motivational drives.
They are part of
the brain’s reward
system. These
feelings intensify
to compel lovers
to seek mating
partners.
(pg. 59)

8. Thread 6:
Why do some men constantly live with the
discomfort of a wandering eye? It may
have something
to do with vaso-
pressin, which
has been found
in male voles to
make for stay-at-
home dads vs.
one night artists.
(pg. 67)

9. Thread 7:
If you stand to someone’s left, you are pro-
cessed more in his right brain hemisphere,
the happier side of the brain.
(pg. 77)

10. Thread 8:
Perhaps as many
as 8-10% of
sexually active
adults have
had significant
sexual experience
with an animal at
some point
in their lives.
(pg. 131)

11. Thread 9:
From birth,
girls are more
sensitive to touch,
and as an adult,
a woman’s skin is
at least 10 times more
sensitive than a man’s.
Women like and need
to be touched more
than men.
(pg. 81)

12. Thread 10:
Men think about sex more than women
because the part of the brain responsive
to sex hormones is two and a half times
larger in men.
(pg. 84)

13. Thread 11:
When men took a performance-enhancing
drug, women liked sex better. They lusted
more. Orgasms
were more intense.
Women’s bodies
reacted as if they
were receiving
the drug.
(pg. 174)

14. Image Credits:
Title Page: http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans
Slide 3 - http://ishky-appleby.deviantart.com/art/Shoe-Addiction-290162750
Slide 12 - http://www.wiringthebrain.com/2010/04/wired-for-sex.html
Slide 2 - http://www.naturalhealth365.com/brain-natural-medicine-1774.html
Slide 6 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Post-coital-152516918
Slide 5 - http://isweatbutter.blogspot.com/2008/04/jiminy-cricket-syndrome.html
Slide 11 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Touch-the-Moon-91030046
Slide 10 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Sex-on-Fire-274231244
Slide 15 - http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans
Slide 9 - http://www.bumpirides.com/where-did-einsteins-brain-go/
Slide 8 - http://blogues.lapresse.ca/hetu/2015/12/
Slide 7 - http://hellogiggles.com/flirting-virginity/
Slide 4 - http://greatist.com/happiness/how-does-sex-reduce-stress
Slide 13 - http://siliconvalleyacu.com/lifestyle-performance-enhancement/

15. Mark Brady, PhD
TheEnchantedLoom@gmail.com
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