There is no end to the inventions of scientists, they have proven it more than once. Examining body changes during sex in a scanner is no longer something new for them. We are left to wonder how some manage not only to overcome the claustrophobia of the confined space in the apparatus, but also to get aroused and climax. Undoubtedly, this is the greater skill in this case. For the study, scientists from the State University of New Jersey Rutgers, USA, invite none other than the correspondent of New Scientist magazine, Kate Sukle. Say it’s not a challenge to work for a science-oriented publication?! The volunteer’s task is in the cylinder of the tomograph to achieve sexual arousal and orgasm. The scientists’ task is to evaluate the role of the prefrontal cortex – an area in the brain involved in the decision-making process, the ability to self-evaluate and judge in general – through magnetic resonance imaging. of the activation of this structure in women during orgasm testing. The activation of the department is noticeable not only among the fair sex. But there is one peculiarity. The prefrontal cortex has a stronger radiation when a person, regardless of gender, reaches orgasm only with the help of imagination. For the purposes of the science, Suckle must perform Kegel exercises – contracting the pelvic muscles – and touching the clitoris, after attempting to achieve an orgasm by thought. Apparently, the reporter enjoys a good research spirit, since she is not worried and follows the orders of the scientific team to the end. The scientific research proves, once again, the activation of 30 areas in the brain that are responsible for tactile sensations, memory, pleasure and the pain. Scientists also note that an orgasm achieved through imagination produces weaker results in their graphs, compared to physical realizations. With the difference that the prefrontal cortex is activated more in erotic imagination than in physical achievement. According to team leader Barry Komisarak, this shows our ability to control the activity of the brain through our evolutionarily developed skills that are not only about physical sensations, or to put it more precisely, the imagination to guide the body’s sensations. And the imaginary orgasm, it is now clear, occurs precisely because of the role of the prefrontal cortex. The prefrontal cortex works to the smallest extent during sex with a partner, being unlocked precisely at the sublime moment – during orgasm. Her masturbation activity is average, emphasizes the volunteer journalist, relying on another study by Dutch scientists from the University of Groningen.