Listening to our favorite music activates the same parts of the brain as food and sex, reveals new research. The study showed ...

Listening to favorite music activates the brain’s opioid system, which is involved in feelings of pleasure and pain relief, according to a new PET imaging study.

His most unexpected recovery led Feldenkrais to conclude that his physical condition was not the only factor influencing how ...

Viewing explicit content creates unrealistic expectations and damages intimacy, a marriage therapist explains.

Amazingly, compassion — because it fosters positive feelings — actually attenuates the empathetic distress that can cause ...

Masturbation is an act of sexual self-pleasure and ... even have positive brain benefits. Research shows that sexual activities like masturbation involve many different parts of the brain and ...

a part of the brain associated with pleasure, reward, motivation and other complex phenomena. “Describe what you’re feeling right now,” Okun says. With an ecstatic smile on her face ...

Many survivors come to sex therapy for sexual disorders like Genito-Pelvic Penetrative-Pain Disorder ... resonate best with what was done to them. Part of the psychoeducation includes defining ...

What people call "vagina pain" may involve the vagina, the inside part that connects to the uterus ... Some neurological conditions that cause the brain to confuse normal sensations like touch, ...