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posted by janrinok on Friday December 23 2016, @11:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the so-he-says dept.

Neuroscientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have mapped the brain injuries -- or lesions -- that result in delusional misidentification syndromes (DMS), a group of rare disorders that leaves patients convinced people and places aren't really as they seem. In a study published in the journal Brain, Michael D. Fox, MD, PhD, Director of the Laboratory for Brain Network Imaging and Modulation and the Associate Director of the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation at BIDMC and colleagues reveal the neuro-anatomy underlying these syndromes for the first time.

"How the brain generates complex symptoms like this has long been a mystery," said Fox. "We showed how complex symptoms can emerge based on brain connectivity. With a lesion in exactly the right place, you can disrupt the brain's familiarity detector and reality monitor simultaneously, resulting in bizarre delusions. Understanding where these symptoms come from is an important step toward treating them."

Ah, so that's why...


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday December 24 2016, @06:20AM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Saturday December 24 2016, @06:20AM (#445452) Journal

    > 45 minutes of foreplay before she's "ready."

    I really hope you're either gay or single and celibate. Face it, womens' bodies work differently from yours, and if you're not willing to put in the effort you don't deserve to be with one. Also? What you probably refer to as "foreplay" IS sex for us. If you think "real sex" is nothing but "stick it in, hump, squirt, go to sleep" you're missing out on a tremendous amount. I pity any female partner of yours.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 24 2016, @01:01PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 24 2016, @01:01PM (#445525)

    Oh so seconded! Foreplay is as much a part of sex as the "sticking it in" bit. Especially as men biologically cannot sustain full bore intercourse for more than about 10 minutes without orgasming and going limp.

    Personally I really enjoy the foreplay. Who doesn't want to spend hours having intimate fun with another person? Usually I can recover enough within the time of foreplay to have another go at "poking it", which if timed right with the woman will enjoy even more.

    Saying that, not all men are that simple (well, maybe the really desperate who have had a months long dry spell). My girlfriend used to complain that it would take ages to turn me on, lol, but she never minded the results once she did.