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A member asked:
What happens during orgasm for men? does the brain shut down ?
4 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
No, it just seems so: The brain has many functions that go on behind the scene of consciousness. Maintaining autonomic processes like heart, digestion, breathing, plus all senses and movements, etc go on even if you stop thinking for awhile. Thinking may indeed shut down for some in that moment - but for others, even that continues.
Answered 5/30/2016
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No: It is a pleasurable sensation, usually associated with discharge of semen and rhythmic contraction of the pelvic muscles. The brain is very much alive, awake and functional during orgasm.
Answered 12/1/2014
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Some say yes: As evidenced by the choices of partners and mates so many males make, I would say "yes". :). But more seriously, you problem can't get an organism if you were preoccupied with something else in that moment.
Answered 12/1/2014
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