Love, Lust, and Laughter - 5/30/12

An articulate, informed, and entertaining guest, Dr. Hernando Chaves (www.DrHernandoChaves.com), returned to LOVE, LUST, & LAUGHTER.  He and Dr. Diana talked about last month’s meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality where he served as Conference Chair.  They focused on two of the presentations: “How Explicit Sexual Media Shapes and Reflects Desire,” and “Vice, Virtue and the Brain’s Pleasure Circuits.”  There are, of course, misuses of porn – but also benefits.  As for the brain’s pleasure circuits (some 600 million years old), stress in the womb, in early childhood, can affect attachment and pleasure in adult relationships.  There’s so much more…Tune-in!