Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

The Role of the Brain and the 5 Senses In Sexual Function

17 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube lecture by Anne Truong MD explaining that sexual arousal and erection originate in the brain—described as the largest sexual organ—and require relaxation and mood. The speaker says there are "six systems" to achieve an erection and emphasizes that arousal is triggered by the five senses (sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch) combined with emotions.

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What is your normal sexual function? How do you get an erect erection? Only occurs when your mind and your penis is relaxed. And I'll tell you why now and keep on looking at this picture because I'm gonna. I'm gonna ingrain today that there are six systems on how you can get an erection. The brain is the largest sexual organ. It starts in the brain, okay? It starts in the brain right here. How you get an erection is not in your penis first. How you get an erection starts in your brain. Why is that? Because you have to become aroused. You have to be in the mood, you have to be relaxed. And how do you get aroused? By the five senses. What you see with your eyes, what you smell with your nose, what you taste when your mouth, what you hear, you, your ears and your touch that sends stimulus to your brain and that get mixed in with your emotions.