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A Billion Wicked Thoughts

What the World's Largest Experiment Reveals About Human Desire

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Two maverick neuroscientists utilize the Internet—the largest psychology experiment—to explore the private activities of millions globally, revealing a revolutionary perspective on human desire that challenges conventional beliefs. Alfred Kinsey's sexual research involved interviewing 18,000 individuals, who were asked to candidly share their intimate experiences. In contrast, Ogas and Gaddam observed the raw sexual behaviors of half a billion people online. By merging their findings with neuroscience and animal behavior research, they address the long-standing question of what people truly desire. Their analysis of a "billion wicked thoughts" includes extensive data from web searches, individual histories, erotic stories, videos, and personal ads to uncover key differences in male and female desires. Their findings reveal that men and women have distinct hardwired sexual cues, with men’s brains resembling reckless hunters and women’s resembling cautious detectives. Men’s sexual interests are formed in adolescence and remain stable, while women’s are more fluid. The male brain is an "or gate," responding to single stimuli, whereas the female brain is an "and gate," needing multiple stimuli. Interestingly, men show a preference for overweight women and seek erotic images of older women. Women enjoy sharing erotic stories, particularly about two heterosexual men. The male sexual brain differs significantly from the female's, ye

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A Billion Wicked Thoughts, Ogi Ogas, Sai Gaddam

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Titolo
A Billion Wicked Thoughts
Sottotitolo
What the World's Largest Experiment Reveals About Human Desire
Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Dutton
Pubblicato
2011
Formato
Copertina rigida
Pagine
416
ISBN10
0525952098
ISBN13
9780525952091
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Titolo originale
A billion wicked thoughts
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Two maverick neuroscientists utilize the Internet—the largest psychology experiment—to explore the private activities of millions globally, revealing a revolutionary perspective on human desire that challenges conventional beliefs. Alfred Kinsey's sexual research involved interviewing 18,000 individuals, who were asked to candidly share their intimate experiences. In contrast, Ogas and Gaddam observed the raw sexual behaviors of half a billion people online. By merging their findings with neuroscience and animal behavior research, they address the long-standing question of what people truly desire. Their analysis of a "billion wicked thoughts" includes extensive data from web searches, individual histories, erotic stories, videos, and personal ads to uncover key differences in male and female desires. Their findings reveal that men and women have distinct hardwired sexual cues, with men’s brains resembling reckless hunters and women’s resembling cautious detectives. Men’s sexual interests are formed in adolescence and remain stable, while women’s are more fluid. The male brain is an "or gate," responding to single stimuli, whereas the female brain is an "and gate," needing multiple stimuli. Interestingly, men show a preference for overweight women and seek erotic images of older women. Women enjoy sharing erotic stories, particularly about two heterosexual men. The male sexual brain differs significantly from the female's, ye