Product Description

“The vast majority of love and sex occurs in the brain. Your brain decides who is attractive to you, how to get a date, how well you do on the date, what to do with the feelings that develop, how long those feelings last, when to commit, and how well you do as a partner and a parent. Your brain helps you be enthusiastic in the bedroom or drains you of desire and passion. Your brain helps you process and learn from a breakup or makes you vulnerable to depression or obsession.”


While plastic surgeons, diet gurus, and the pharmaceutical industry may have convinced you that they hold the secret to a fulfilling sex life, the truth is that you already have the only thing you really need: a brain. As the largest and most sensitive sexual organ in the body, a healthy human brain enhances your sex life and heightens sensation. A troubled brain, however, makes emotional and physical connection with others difficult. So forget the implants, the fad diets, and the pills. Learning about this intriguing and sexy organ is the key to your sexual satisfaction.

Based on Dr. Daniel Amen’s latest research in practical neuroscience, Sex on the Brain shares 12 lessons that help you enhance your love and sex lives through understanding and improving brain function. Filled with practical suggestions and information on how sex can save your life, Sex on the Brain reveals:

• How sex helps prevent heart disease, improve memory, stave off cancer, and boost your immune system
• How the differences between men’s and women’s brains affect our perceptions and interest in sex—and how you can understand these differences to make the most of the opportunities with your partner
• 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 make yourself unforgettable to your partner

Everyone wants to know how to improve his or her love life, but so few of us understand the integral role that the brain plays in getting us in the mood, keeping us excited about our partner, and helping us achieve greater satisfaction. Sex on the Brain explains everything, showing you how use your brain to create a healthy, happy, and hot sex life.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #430593 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-16
• Released on: 2007-01-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Review
• ?;“A warm, friendly guide to how we can ?nd and make satisfying love. Dr. Amen writes as if he is right in the couple’s living room. A scientist, a lover, and a parent, Dr. Amen understands who we are as couples, and helps us to become the best lovers and friends we can be.”
—Michael Gurian, author of What Could He Be Thinking?: How a Man’s Mind Really Works

“Dr. Amen does it again! He offers a brilliant explanation of how the state of our brain affects our relationships and sexuality. He goes on to give excellent advice on how to understand your own and your partner’s (or potential partner’s) behavior, how to avoid the pitfalls in a relationship, and how to create the life you really want!”
—Hyla Cass, M.D., author of 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health


From the Hardcover edition.

Review
• ?;“A warm, friendly guide to how we can ?nd and make satisfying love. Dr. Amen writes as if he is right in the couple’s living room. A scientist, a lover, and a parent, Dr. Amen understands who we are as couples, and helps us to become the best lovers and friends we can be.”
—Michael Gurian, author of What Could He Be Thinking?: How a Man’s Mind Really Works

“Dr. Amen does it again! He offers a brilliant explanation of how the state of our brain affects our relationships and sexuality. He goes on to give excellent advice on how to understand your own and your partner’s (or potential partner’s) behavior, how to avoid the pitfalls in a relationship, and how to create the life you really want!”
—Hyla Cass, M.D., author of 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health

About the Author
DANIEL G. AMEN, M.D., is a clinical neuroscientist, psychiatrist, and brain-imaging expert who heads the world-renowned Amen Clinics. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and
has won numerous writing and research awards.

He is a regular contributer to Men’s Health and has published nineteen books, numerous professional and popular articles, and a number of audio and video programs. His books include Preventing Alzheimer’s, Healing Anxiety and Depression, Healing the Hardware of the Soul, Healing ADD, Making a Good Brain Great, and the New York Times bestseller Change Your Brain, Change Your Life. He is an internationally recognized keynote speaker and a popular guest expert for the media, with appearances on CNN, Today, The View, and other venues.

Customer Reviews

ex-biochemist review - easily accessible, fascinating...
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 to learn about deepening emotional and sexual intimacy?
Dr. Amen has written a ground breaking book that will help the professional and lay person to learn about the role the brain plays in emotional and sexual intimacy. This exciting book will help you understand how the largest sex organ you have (i.e. Your Brain!!"plays a foundational role in intimacy. Read this book if you want to find that "missing piece" to lasting love. If you are in counseling buy a copy for your psychotheraist and/or physcian to read.This is an excellent book to give to both couples considering marriage or couples who are wanting to ressurect intimacy! Dr. Earl R. Henslin

Mark Kosins MD
AS a mental health professional I am so glad that Dr. Amen approached this topic from the practical point of view. In addition, his use of supplements is unique and something i have found useful in my day to day practice. The book reads well and easy. What he has done is brought together new information and blended it well with information that has been available in a practical format. Any couple or individual will be able to learn more about the opposite sex and increase thier pleasure as well as enjoyment of being together.