First 3D Movie of Orgasm in the Female Brain

An orgasm has now been imaged in 3D video in the brain as it happens — and for possibly the first time in the history of science, women came first.
The video, which was presented at the recent Society for Neuroscience conference in Washington, D.C., is the first to look at the exact order in which women's brain regions are activated in the progression that culminates in sexual climax. The findings have not yet been peer reviewed for publication.
While this may seem like a silly line of research, in fact, understanding how the brain experiences the most pleasurable sensations may be essential for figuring out what underlies conditions in which desire and motivation go awry, like addiction and depression.
Lead author Barry Komisaruk, professor of psychology at Rutgers University, imaged brain activity in several women who were able to masturbate to orgasm in the decidedly unsexy atmosphere of a functional MRI machine. (Orgasm was achieved by either manual stimulation or use of a "passive dildo" in the form of a Lucite rod; vibrators contain metal, which cannot be placed in magnetic scanners.)