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Sex on the Brain: 12 Lessons to Enhance Your Love Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Daniel G. Md Amen
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 9612
Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0307339084
Dewey Decimal Number: 306
EAN: 9780307339089
ASIN: 0307339084
Publication Date: January 22, 2008
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Product Description
What is your best tool for achieving the ultimate sexual pleasure? Your brain!
Everyone wants to know how to improve his or her love life, but so few of us understand the integral role the brain plays in getting us in the mood, keeping us excited about our partner, and helping us achieve greater satisfaction. Based on Dr. Daniel Amen’s cutting-edge research in practical neuroscience, Sex on the Brain shares twelve lessons that help you enhance your love and sex lives through understanding and improving brain function. Filled with practical suggestions and information on how to have better sex, Sex on the Brain reveals:
• How the differences between men’s and women’s brains affect our perceptions and interest in sex
• The science behind why breakups hurt so much, and what you can do to ease the pain
• Surefire techniques to fix common problems–depression, PMS, ADD–that get in the way of good sex
• How to tap into your senses–taste, touch, smell–and find “the spot”
• How sex can save your life
Sex on the Brain explains everything there is to know about the brain in love and lust, and shows you how to create a hot, healthy, and happy sex life.
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 Not too sexy here February 18, 2007
Ilona C. Paris (Boston, MA)
26 out of 63 found this review helpful
Pat Califa wrote, "Our culture insists on sexual uniformity and does not acknowledge any neutral difference only crimes, sins, disease and mistakes."
Such we see represented in Dr. Amen's book. Dr. Amen makes reference to what he considers normal sexually in his book. Like so many clinicians and diastognicians his normality is of a vanilla world. Anything outside of that is referred to as an imbalance in the brain or a disorder. My own research has been focused on debunking the myths about sexuality that are perpetuated in this book. The chapter on addictions and fetishes lacks any creative thinking whatsoever. Unfortunately I returned the book to the bookstore due to the limited thinking represented here.
Sincerely,
Ilona Paris, LMHC
 ex-biochemist review - easily accessible, fascinating... July 28, 2007
Patrick D. Goonan (Pleasanton, CA)
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
This is an excellent and very accessible book that primarily looks at what happens in the brain during love, lust, romance, paraphilias, etc. It has a lot of information in it, but it is not overly technical and accessible to the average person. Dr. Amen has a way of simplifying complicated concepts and weaving them into an engaging narrative.
What this book will give you as an understanding of the various parts of the brain and the role they play in our sex lives. It also includes supplements that could be helpful when some areas are over or under active and even typical medications that are used.
The scope of the book is pretty large and covers things like impulsive thoughts, sexual addiction, paraphelias (fetishes), cheating behavior, etc. Anyone who has a sex life will find it very interesting and informative and it will also help you to understand yourself.
Two complimentary books to this one that I highly recommend are: The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating and The Erotic Mind: Unlocking the Inner Sources of Passion and Fulfillment. These books cover the psychology and some of the evolutionary patterns that gave rise to the way we are hardwired around sex. You can read my review and other reviews to get a better sense of the content, I can't do either book justice in this small space.
What Fun! February 3, 2007
JJ Virgin (Palm Desert , CA)
15 out of 19 found this review helpful
I am a big fan of Dr. Amen's and have enjoyed his books, CDs and lectures over the years. This book is definately the most fun! Now I finally understand my love of shoes and can help my partner appreciate this as a good thing! The tips for bonding with your partner are invaluable as well. As a nutritionist and exercise physiologist I also appreciated the discussion on the importance of a healthy sex life on your overall health, wellbeing and longevity! Thanks Dr. Amen for another fantastic book that can have a major impact on reader's love lives and health!
JJ Virgin, CNS, CHFI
The Neurobiology of Love, Lust, Loss, and Living Together August 26, 2007
Donald Michael MDPC (South Bend, IN USA)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Daniel Amen combines knowledge from over 30,000 SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography) scans that allow him to see the Real Time, qualitative and quantitative brain function; with his superb insights into Human Behavior.
He presents a detailed view of Brain Function every step of the way from Gender Personality Differences, Attraction, Lust, Coupling, and Cohabitation, to breakups and loss of a loved one.
If Freud were alive today, he might well be working at one of Amen's clinics. For the first time in the History of Psychiatry, Investigators in the field are able to define and measure the Biological Underpinnings of Human Behavior. In addition to giving a good portrayal of our sexual existence, Dr. Amen presents some very useful interventions to improve this facet of our lives.
The CD was in WP3 format which was something of a problem to translate, but its contents filled about 6 regular audio CDs. Having spent 33 years attempting a synthesis of Mind and Brain, I found this to be a truly excellent book about a topic that always holds interest, and it is well worth the money.
Fantastic Insight January 21, 2007
Diana (Jacksonville, FL USA)
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
I read this book the first day it came out and couldn't put it down. At last there's a manual explaining how men think.
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