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Happy Valentine's Day! Here's how orgasms work.

"Orgasm is a compelling, brief event that is an integration of cognitive, emotional, somatic, visceral, and neural processes," begin Barry R. Komisaruk, Carlos Beyer and Beverly Whipple in their sweet talking new article in The Psychologist.

They note that most previous studies of the orgasm have focused on how physical actions affect the body, but new research into the effects of drugs like anti-depressants on sex has shifted the focus to where it really belongs. The mind.

Inside our brain we have "orgasm accelerators" and "orgasm brakes." Hit the jump for the all-important differentiation.

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