Love: The Owner's Manual (Owner's Manual for the Brain) by Pierce Howard

Author:Pierce Howard [Howard, Pierce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780062357670
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2014-05-05T22:00:00+00:00

TOPIC 15.6

Lust: The Neurochemistry of the One-Night Stand

Lust is the desire for sexual release. It is associated with increased levels of testosterone in both sexes. In men, testosterone is highest in the early morning and in the autumn, in women around the time of ovulation. Unlike romance and attachment, when sexual release is found, the desire, in concert with falling testosterone levels, fades, only to rise again when testosterone levels rise. What sparks such rises? In men, it is typically something visual: a provocative décolletage, a pinup, a flash of leg. In women, it is typically something romantic—words and situations that suggest affection and commitment. In addition, both sexes can find lust triggered by danger, novelty, the five senses, music, romantic settings, and direct approaches (Medina, 2000, p. 83).

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