Arousal includes physiological activation, such as increased blood flow to the genitals, erection of nipples, vaginal lubrication, swelling of the testes, and pupil dilation. One can feel aroused by appraising a picture, touching and being touched, or by one’s own thoughts or fantasies. Sexual arousal, or being “turned on,” can be defined as the combination of cognitive and physical responses to an erotic stimulus, which in turn can be internal or external. On this first post, I explore how emotions and sexual arousal interact.īut– what is sexual arousal? What does it mean to “feel horny”? And what does this have to do with emotion? This blog therefore looks to explore sexuality from various perspectives, with an emphasis on the role of emotion. Despite what college culture would like you to believe, sex is a highly emotional subject and experience, in that it evokes and is influenced by emotional processes. Not exactly an interaction one expects to find in a neuroscience blog, is it? But, prudish social norms aside, sexuality is a very normal part of human life, with the same psychological, biological, and neurological pathways of explaining and exploring it.
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