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Scientists have also learned that the old notion that 90% of sex is in the mind is literally true: the parts of the brain involved in sexual response include, at the very least, the sensory vagus nerves, the midbrain reticular formation, the basal ganglia, the anterior insula cortex, the amygdala, the cerebellum and the hypothalamus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biology: The Chemistry of Desire | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

...Reticular formation As the brain's sentry, this structure receives incoming stimuli and puts the brain on alert, ready to respond. Meditating dials back the arousal signal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calming The Mind | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

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