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Scientists find 'pleasure nerves'
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| Sunday, 12 April 2009
Posted on 04/12/2009 5:00:42 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Scientists say they understand more about how the body responds to pleasurable touch. A team, including scientists from the Unilever company, have identified a class of nerve fibres in the skin which specifically send pleasure messages. And people had to be stroked at a certain speed - 4-5cm per second - to activate the pleasure sensation.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: pleasure
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To: JoeProBono
And people had to be stroked at a certain speed - 4-5cm per second - to activate the pleasure sensation. So, no need to bust out the vaseline?
To: JoeProBono
Do they know if it causes blindness?
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posted on
04/12/2009 5:05:54 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: JoeProBono
This promises to be a hoot.
Can't wait to see what fruit this research yields...
What did they take to feel good in Brave New World?
To: JoeProBono
This ought to be interesting...
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posted on
04/12/2009 5:09:22 PM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Lets get dangerous)
To: ryan71; boxerblues; Hammy; Petruchio; Phinanceguy; DollyCali; Yorlik803; ...
Ping!
Sometimes, it pays to be armed with this knowledge.
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posted on
04/12/2009 5:12:36 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Satisfaction was my sin)
To: JoeProBono
Lol, so who funded this study?
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posted on
04/12/2009 5:13:20 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: JoeProBono
“...a certain speed - 4-5cm per second - to activate the pleasure sensation.”
So they’re saying one stroke takes 5 seconds.
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posted on
04/12/2009 5:13:41 PM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: JoeProBono
The scientists also discovered that the C-tactile nerve fibres are only present on hairy skin, and are not found on the hand. I thought...oh nevermind!
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posted on
04/12/2009 5:16:29 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)
To: JoeProBono
IT tooks scientists years of work and tons of money to find what my wife found last night?
To: the invisib1e hand
What did they take to feel good in Brave New World?
Soma. And remember, "A gram is better than a damn."
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posted on
04/12/2009 5:43:04 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: JoeProBono
To: swain_forkbeard
I dont know how I feel about that.
All I know is that I am stranded alone in the gas station of love and I have to use the self service pumps.
Thank you Weird Al...
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posted on
04/12/2009 5:44:14 PM PDT
by
Yorlik803
( If this be treason, then lets make the best of it.)
To: the invisib1e hand
What did they take to feel good in Brave New World?
Soma. And remember, "A gram is better than a damn."
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posted on
04/12/2009 5:44:54 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: JoeProBono
Hope this leads to solving my hairball problem.
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posted on
04/12/2009 6:01:18 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Have you noticed Obama voters are having buyer's remorse?)
To: Daffynition
Hairy Palms
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posted on
04/12/2009 6:07:58 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono; martin_fierro; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
Uh, I found those years ago.
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posted on
04/12/2009 6:09:38 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/12/2009 6:24:20 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Have you noticed Obama voters are having buyer's remorse?)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
04/12/2009 6:26:57 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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04/12/2009 6:34:39 PM PDT
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Daffynition
(Have you noticed Obama voters are having buyer's remorse?)
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