Cool movie makes the brain

Watching cool movies can make the brain area that specializes in visual stimulation being 'switched off', a new study suggests.

Normally, watching movies or carrying out any visual task with similar intensity causes the blood to rise to the brain. However, neuroscientist Gert Holstege of Groningen Medical University in the Netherlands claims that this rule does not apply to pornography. Instead, it seems that the brain is diverting blood and energy into another area. Most likely, according to Holstege, is the brain region responsible for sexual excitement.

"Heavy" movies will make blood rush to the visual processing area.

In fact, the brain does not need to receive all the visual details of a sex scene.' The moment when we watch a sex movie, looking at the screen is unnecessary because we know exactly what's going on. We don't care if the rear door is yellow or green , 'Holstege analyzed on LiveScience.

At this time, the brain will either be excited, or excited, but will not fall into both states at the same time. Holstege also found that during 'peaking' activities in the brain areas associated with agitation will skyrocket. This phenomenon may help explain why women with low needs are more likely to be stressed . 'If you are too focused on image details, tracing danger traces, the mind will not be easy to focus on excitement,' he explained.

To arrive at the above conclusion, Holstege conducted experiments with 47 women. Everyone can watch 3 videos while their brains are taken with PET. A video is a documentary about aquatic life in the Caribbean Sea, the other two videos are light 'cool' movies.

The brain scan results show that the more 'heavy' pornographic videos make the blood flow to the brain area less excited. Even so, the area is still active.

Reference: LiveScience